Luke 16:1-13 - The Parable Of The Dishonest Manager

¹ And he went on to say, unto his disciples also, - There was, a certain rich man, who had a steward, and, the same, was accused to him as squandering his goods. ² And, accosting him, he said unto him - What is this I hear of thee? Render the account of thy stewardship, for thou canst no longer be steward.

³ And the steward said within himself - What shall I do, because my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? Dig, I cannot: to beg, I am ashamed. ⁴ I know what I will do, that, when I am removed out of the stewardship, they may welcome me into their own houses.

⁵ And, calling unto him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he was saying unto the first, - How much owest thou my lord?

⁶ And, he, said - A hundred baths of oil. And, he, said unto him - Kindly take thine accounts, and, sitting down, make haste and write - Fifty!

⁷ After that, unto another, he said - And how much owest, thou? And, he, said - A hundred homers of wheat. He saith unto him - Kindly take thine accounts, and write - Eighty!

⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted: - Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation. ⁹ And, I, unto you, say - For yourselves, make ye friends, with the unjust Riches, in order that, as soon as it shall fail, they may welcome you into the age-abiding tents. ¹⁰ The faithful in least, in much also, is, faithful, and, he that in least is unrighteous, in much also, is, unrighteous. ¹¹ If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust? ¹² And, if, in what was another's, ye proved unfaithful, your own, who will give unto you? ¹³ No domestic, can, unto two masters, be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, unto the one, he will hold, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot, unto God, be in service, and unto Riches.