In the evening the owner of the vineyard said to his steward 'Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.

And Joanna (the wife of Herod's steward, Chuza), and Susannah, and many others--all of whom ministered to Jesus and his Apostles out of their means.

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.'

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.'

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.

If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.

He is subject to the control of guardians and stewards, during the period for which his father has power to appoint them.

For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

To Titus, my true Child in our one Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Savior, bless you and give you peace.