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And he said, An hundredmeasures[a] of oil.And he said unto him,Takethybill,and sit downquickly, and writefifty.
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Then said he to another,And how muchowestthou?And he said, An hundredmeasures[b] of wheat.And he said unto him,Takethybill,andwritefourscore.
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And the lordcommended the unjuststeward,because he had donewisely:for the children of thisworldareintheirgenerationwiserthan the children of light.
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And Isay unto you,Make to yourselvesfriendsof the mammon[c] of unrighteousness;that,when ye fail, they may receiveyouintoeverlastinghabitations.
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He that is faithfulin that which is leastisfaithfulalsoinmuch:and he that is unjustin the leastisunjustalsoinmuch.
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Iftherefore ye havenotbeenfaithfulin the unrighteousmammon,[d]who will commit to yourtrust the true riches?
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Andif ye havenotbeenfaithfulin that which is another man's,who shall giveyou that which is your own?
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Noservantcanservetwomasters:foreither he will hate the one,andlove the other; or else he will hold to the one,anddespise the other. Ye cannot*serveGodandmammon.
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And the Phariseesalso, who werecovetous,heardall these things:and they deridedhim.
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And he said unto them,Yeare they which justifyyourselvesbeforemen;butGodknowethyourhearts:for that which is highly esteemedamongmenisabomination in the sight of God.
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The lawand the prophets were untilJohn:since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every manpressethintoit.