Luke 16:1-13

Revised Geneva Translation

16 And He also said to His disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And he was accused to him of wasting his goods.

² “And he called him and said to him, ‘How is it that I hear this of you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you may no longer be steward.’

³ “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I cannot dig. And I am ashamed to beg.

⁴ ‘I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses.’

⁵ “Then he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my master?’

⁶ “And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill. And sit down quickly. And write fifty.’

⁷ “Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ Then he said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’

⁸ “And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For among their own kind, the children of this world are wiser than the children of light.

⁹ “And I say to you, make friends with the riches of iniquity, so that when you fail, they may receive you into eternal dwellings.

¹⁰ “The one who is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much. And the one who is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.

¹¹ “If, then, you have not been faithful in the riches of iniquity, who will trust you in the true treasure?

¹² “And if you have not been faithful in another man’s goods, who shall give you that which is yours?

¹³ “No servant can serve two masters. For either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall lean to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.”