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And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting [a]shrewdly and [b]prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [[c]relation to] their own generation [to their own age and [d]kind] than are the sons of light.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon ([e]deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings).

10 He who is faithful in a very little [thing] is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little [thing] is dishonest and unjust also in much.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Luke 16:8 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  3. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Luke 16:8 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.
  5. Luke 16:9 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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