⁸ The master commended the dishonest manager for his ^(A)shrewdness. For ^(B)the sons of this world^[a] are ^(C)more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ^(D)the sons of light.

⁵ For you are all ^(A)children^[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

⁸ for ^(A)at one time you were ^(B)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. ^(C)Walk as children of light

^10 (A)“One who is ^(B)faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

³⁶ While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ^(A)sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

⁴ I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’

^10 (A)Come, ^(B)let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.”