Luke:16:1-15

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* To his disciples he said . "There was a certain rich man who had a steward , and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property . * "He called to him to him and said . "What is this that I hear about you ? Render an account of your stewardship ; for you can no longer be steward . * "Now the steward said to himself . What shall I do , now that my master is taking away my stewardship ? I am not strong enough to dig , to beg I am ashamed . * "I know what I will do , so that when I am put out of my stewardship , they may receive me into their houses . * "So he called to him each of his masters debtors and said to the first , How much money do you owe my master ? * "A hundred measures of oil , he answered . "He said to him , Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty ." * "To a second he said , How much do you owe ? "The man answered , A hundred measures of wheat . "Here is you bill , he said , change it to eighty measures . * "And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly ; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light . * "And to you I say , Use mammon , dishonest as it is , to make yourselves friends , so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles . * "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much , and he who is unjust in a very little , is unjust also as much . * "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon , who will trust to you the true riches ? * "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another , who will give you what is your own ? * "No one can be a household servants to two masters ; for either he will hate the one and love the other , or he will cling to the one and despise the other . You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon ." * Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him . * He said to them . "You are those that justify themselves in the eyes of men ; but God knows you hearts ; for that which is lofty in the eyes of men is abomination in the eyes of God .

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