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He said also to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man, who had a manager. The same was accused to him of wasting his possessions.
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He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
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"The steward said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
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I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
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Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
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He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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"His lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the sons of the light.
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I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
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He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is unrighteous in a very little is also unrighteous in much.