1QS 1

Community Rule
Dead Sea Scrolls

2 He shall admit into the Covenant of Grace all those who have freely devoted themselves to the observance of God's precepts, that they may be joined to the counsel of God and may live perfectly before Him in accordance with all that has been revealed concerning their appointed times, and that they may love all the sons of light, each according to his lot in God's design, and hate all the sons of darkness, each according to his guilt in God's vengeance.

Luke 16:8

New Testament

5 So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 The man replied, ‘100 measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write 50.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied, ‘100 measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write 80.’ 8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon31, so that when it runs out, you will be welcomed into the eternal homes. 10 “The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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 Notes and References

"... In Luke 16:8-9 we met two technical terms: the mammon of unrighteousness and the sons of light. As we have already said the term 'sons of light' does not appear anywhere else in the synoptic gospels. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that the second term, 'the wealth of unrighteousness' has a specific origin (compare 1QS) ..."

Flusser, David Judaism and the Origins of Christianity (pp. 152-159) Magnes Press, 1988

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