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. And I tell you, (E)make friends for yourselves by means of (F)unrighteous wealth,[b] so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

10 (G)“One who is (H)faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:8 Greek age
  2. Luke 16:9 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions; also verse 11; rendered money in verse 13

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