Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 16:15
justify yourselves—make a show of righteousness.
highly esteemed among men—generally carried away by plausible appearances. (See I Samuel 16:7; and Luke 14:11).
Luke 16:14-18
covetous . . . derided him—sneered at Him; their master sin being too plainly struck at for them to relish. But it was easier to run down than to refute such teaching.
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