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He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.
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"He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
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If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
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And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
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But he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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"The law and the prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it violently.