Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred [a]kors of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ And his [b]master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of (A)this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [c]kind than the (B)sons of light. And I say to you, (C)make friends for yourselves by means of the [d](D)wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it [e]is all gone, (E)they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:7 One kor is about 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters
  2. Luke 16:8 Or lord
  3. Luke 16:8 Lit generation
  4. Luke 16:9 Gr mamonas, for Aramaic mamon (mammon); i.e., wealth, or money
  5. Luke 16:9 Or fails

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