Luke 16:5-12

5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

6 “ ‘Nine hundred gallons ^[a] of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’

7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘A thousand bushels^[b] of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 17:14
• 2. Psalms 18:26
• 3. John 12:36; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5
• 4. ver 11,13
• 5. Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:33
• 6. Matthew 25:21,23; Luke 19:17
• 7. ver 9,13

Footnotes

• [a] Or about 3,000 liters
• [b] Or about 30 tons