Parable of the unfaithful steward (=Paul) is marcionite

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Parable of the unfaithful steward (=Paul) is marcionite

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16: 1 And he said also unto his disciples,
There was a certain rich man, which had a steward;
and the same was accused unto him as wasting his property.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee?
render the account of thy stewardship;
for thou canst not be a steward any longer.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do?
for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship:
I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I know what I will do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
5 And he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first,
How much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred baths of oil. And he said unto him,
Take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou?
And he said, An hundred cors of wheat. And he said unto him,
Take thy bond, and write fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the steward of unrighteousness,
because he did wisely:
for the sons of this age are unto their own generation
wiser beyond the children of the light.
9 And I say unto you,
Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness;
that, when ye leave, they may receive you into eternal habitations.
10 He that is faithful in a very little is faithful in much:
and he that is unrighteous in very little is unrighteous also in much.


La parabole d'un intendant infidèle qui se fait des amis en distribuant l'argent de son maître s'applique à Paul, intendant infidéle de la Loi qui, après sa conversion, distribua les biens de son maître, pour qu'une fois chassé du ministère juif, les chrétiens le reçussent dans leurs maisons. [1] Elle fait aussi comprendre aux chrétiens le seul usage à faire de l'argent, qui est de le donner en aumônes:

(Paul-Louis Couchoud, Historie de Jésus, Presses Universitaires de France, 1944, p. 181-182)


my translation:

The parable of an unfaithful steward who makes friends by distributing his master's money applies to Paul, an unfaithful steward of the Law who, after his conversion, distributed his master's goods, so that once he was driven out of the Jewish ministry, the Christians would receive him into their homes. [1] It also makes the Christians understand that the only way to use money is to give it as alms: Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness...

note 1 reads:

According to Theophilus of Antiochia (181 CE) in Jerome Epist. 121 (151) ad Algasiam.

The steward breaks the Law by distributig his master's money, hence the master is not a cruel god.

But I think that the master is a cruel god: he is the evil demiurge, YHWH.

Hence the words

And the lord commended the steward of unrighteousness,
because he did wisely:
for the sons of this age are unto their own generation
wiser beyond the children of the light.

..are an anti-marcionite interpolation, designed to show that the creator is good, while the sons of the light, the Gnostic Light from the Alien God, are the evil ones.
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Re: Parable of the unfaithful steward (=Paul) is marcionite

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Where is the Ben's reconstruction of the marcionite gospel according to Roth et alia ?

Is the verse 8 found there?
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Re: Parable of the unfaithful steward (=Paul) is marcionite

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Giuseppe wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:50 am Where is the Ben's reconstruction of the marcionite gospel according to Roth et alia ?

Is the verse 8 found there?
See viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1765&start=20
It is not clear whether verse 8 is present.

Andrew Criddle
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