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And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods.
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And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
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And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.
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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.