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"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.'
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Covetousness » Instances of » The unjust steward
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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.
"'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 master's 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.
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parables of the lost sheep, of the lost piece of silver, of the prodigal son, and of the unjust steward (in peraea)
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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."
"'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 master's 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."
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The unjust steward
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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.
"'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 master's 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.
Malfeasance in office » Instances of » The steward mentioned in one of the parables of jesus
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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.'
"'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 master's 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.'
Parables » Parables of Christ » Unjust steward
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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.
"'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 master's 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.
Privileges » Misused » Withdrawn
"He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others."
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"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.'
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Remember whence you have fallen, and turn again, and do your first works. Otherwise I am coming to you and will remove your candlestick out of its place, unless you repent.
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and if any place does not receive you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust under your feet, as a warning to them."
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"I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.
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So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents.
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"Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.'
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Probation » The embezzling steward
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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?
"'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 master's 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?
Steward » Figurative » The unfaithful, described
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. read more.
"'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 master's 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.
"'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 master's 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.