Luke 16:1-8 And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods. ² And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear of thee give back the word of thy stewardship; for thou canst no more be steward. ³ And the steward said in himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away the stewardship from me: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ I have resolved what I will do, that, when I should be removed from the stewardship, they might receive me in their houses. ⁵ And having called upon each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord ⁶ And he said, An hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thou thy book, and having quickly sat down, write fifty. ⁷ Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take thy book, and write eighty. ⁸ And the Lord praised the steward of injustice, because he did wisely: for the sons of this life are wiser than the children of light in their generation.