Our earliest Christian sources suggest that it was common for Christian communities in the first and second century to disregard or ignore statements by Jesus that were perceived to be problematic, even at times claiming they originated with their enemies. This paper turns attention to this early Christian phenomenon of rejecting Jesus’ sayings, exploring what the reasons for doing so were and what the motivations might have been. The Parable of the Dishonest Manager is explored as a test example of a text that appears to have been rejected but uniquely preserved by Luke in his gospel. This paper will argue that Luke has defended the authenticity of the parable by understanding Jesus’ words as rhetorically ironic or sarcastic. In this way, my argument follows the work of Fletcher, Porter, and others who have proposed the same.