Tell it Slant: Parables in Luke’s Gospel 3/6

Prophets over ghosts. In what way is this parable a response to the ridicule of the VRPs? Luke tells us they were “lovers of money” (hence their ridicule in response to the previous parable about the dishonest manager). Jesus responds to their ridicule with a series of seemingly disjointed observations. John (the Baptizer) ushered in a new era, or good news over law. But the law is still active, also. And, this weird comment about remarriage. And then, the rich man and Lazarus. What is the train of thought here? The parable is about riches, surely, which tracks with Luke’s aside (“who were lovers of money”), but how does it track with any of the rest of this? And what do you make of Abraham’s assertion that if Lazarus’s family didn’t believe the prophets, they also won’t believe “even it someone rises from the dead”? Who would you believe, a prophet or a ghost?

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