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The Parable of the Unjust Steward
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. 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.
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. I am resolved what to
do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may
receive me into their houses.
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him,
and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my
lord? And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he
said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and
write fifty. 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. 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.
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. 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. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the
true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that
which is another man's, who shall give you that which is
your own?
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will
hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold
to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
Luke 16: 1-13 |
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