Luke 16:1-8 And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods.

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods. ² And having called him, he said to him, What is this which I hear concerning thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou art not able to be steward any longer. ³ And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes away my stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I know what I shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. ⁵ And calling each one of the debtors of his lord, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? ⁶ And he said; A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your accounts, and sitting down quickly write fifty. ⁷ Then he said to another one, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He says to him, Take your account, and write fourscore. ⁸ And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light.