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He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.
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He called him and said, "`What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'
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"Then the steward said within himself, "`What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.
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I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'
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"So he called all his master's debtors, one by one, and asked the first, `How much are you in debt to my master?'
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"`A hundred firkins of oil,' he replied. "`Here is your account,' said the steward: `sit down quickly and change it into fifty firkins.'
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"To a second he said, "`And how much do you owe?' "`A hundred quarters of wheat,' was the answer. "`Here is your account,' said he: `change it into eighty quarters.'
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"And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.