Luke 16
1 And he said
also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man,
which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him
that he had wasted his goods.
2 And he called
him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of
thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest
be no longer steward.
3 Then the steward
said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh
away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am
ashamed.
4 I am resolved
what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called
every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said
unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An
hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy
bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to
another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred
measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill,
and write fourscore.
8 And the lord
commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely:
for the children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light.
9 And I say unto
you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you
into everlasting habitations.
10 He that is
faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.
11 If therefore ye
have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have
not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?
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