Luke 16

¹And he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods.

²And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.

³Then the stewarde saide within himselfe, What shall I doe? for my master taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot digge, and to begge I am ashamed.

⁴I knowe what I will doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue mee into their houses.

⁵Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, and said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?

⁶And he said, An hudreth measures of oyle. And he saide to him, Take thy writing, and sitte downe quickely, and write fiftie.

⁷Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And hee sayde, An hundreth measures of wheate. Then he saide to him, Take thy writing, and write foure score.

⁸And the Lord commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the children of this worlde are in their generation wiser then the children of light.

⁹And I say vnto you, Make you friends with the riches of iniquitie, that when ye shall want, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations.

¹⁰He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.

¹¹If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?