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Then the stewardsaidwithinhimself,What shall I do? formylord taketh awayfromme the stewardship: I cannot*dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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I am resolvedwhat to do, that,when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receivemeintotheirhouses.
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So he calledeveryone of hislord'sdebtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto mylord?
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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.