¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.”

³ sn His manager was the steward in charge of managing the house. He could have been a slave trained for the role.

⁴ tn Or “squandering.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the reports the man received about his manager.

⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ sn Although phrased as a question, the charges were believed by the owner, as his dismissal of the manager implies.

⁸ tn Or “stewardship”; the Greek word οἰκονομία (oikonomia) is cognate with the noun for the manager (οἰκονόμος, oikonomo").

⁹ sn The point of the statement faithful in a very little is that character is shown in how little things are treated.

¹⁰ tn Or “faithful.”

¹¹ tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9.

¹² sn Entrust you with the true riches is a reference to future service for God. The idea is like 1 Cor 9:11, except there the imagery is reversed.

¹³ tn Or “faithful.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “have not been faithful with what is another’s.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “what is your own.”