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

¹ Jesus said to his disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward; and this steward was maliciously accused to him of wasting his estate. ² So the master called him and said 'What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.'

³ 'What am I to do,' the steward asked himself, 'now that my master is taking the steward's place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.'

⁵ One by one he called up his master's debtors. 'How much do you owe my master?' he asked of the first.

⁶ 'Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,' answered the man. 'Here is your agreement,' he said; 'sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.'

⁷ And you, the steward said to the next, 'how much do you owe?' 'Seventy quarters of wheat,' he replied. 'Here is your agreement,' the steward said; 'make it fifty-six.'

⁸ His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light. ⁹ And I say to you 'Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,' so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home. ¹⁰ He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also. ¹¹ So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the 'dishonest money,' who will trust you with the true? ¹² And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own? ¹³ No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."