are in storing up treasures on earth. The second demonstrates the awful consequences of selfish living, of using God’s gifts as if they were our own to spend or to waste, rather than to invest in his kingdom. From the parable of the prodigal son who wasted his father’s property in our last lesson, our Lord now tells a parable of the prodigal steward who wasted his master’s property. The story of the prodigal son demonstrated the boundless love and
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