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The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth

Luke 16:1-15

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Chapter 16
1 He also said to the disciples, “A certain rich man had a steward, and this one was accused to him of squandering his possessions.” 2 And he called him and said to him, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.” 3 The steward said to himself, “What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.” 4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 And calling each one of his lord's debtors to himself, he said to the first, "How much do you owe my lord?" 6 And he said, "A hundred measures of oil." He said to him, "Take your document and sit down quickly and write fifty." 7 Then he said to another, "And you, how much do you owe?" He said, "A hundred kors of wheat." He said to him, "Take your documents and write eighty." 8 And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light. 9 And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tents. 10 The one who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and the one who is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. 11 Therefore, if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not been faithful with what is another's, who will give you what is your own? 13 No servant can serve two lords; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon. 14 But the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things and scoffed at him. 15 He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is high among people is an abomination before God."