MLV(i)
2 And having summoned him, he said to him, What is this that I am hearing concerning you? Give me the account of your stewardship; for you are not able to be a steward any longer.
3 But the steward said in himself, What should I do, because my lord is taking away the stewardship from me? I am not strong-enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I should do, in order that whenever I am removed from the stewardship, they may accept me into their houses. 5 And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
6 Now he said, A hundred eight-gallon containers of oil.
And he said to him, Accept your contract and when you have sat down, quickly write fifty.
7 Thereafter, he said to a different one, and how much do you owe?
Now he said, A hundred twelve-bushel containers of grain.
But he says to him, Accept your contract and write eighty.
8 And his lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he had done prudently, because the sons of this world are more prudent to their own generation; even beyond the sons of the light.
9 And I say to you, Make*\'b0 friends for yourselves out of the money of unrighteousness; in order that, whenever it fails, they may accept you into the everlasting tabernacles. 10 The faithful in the least matters is also faithful in much, and the unrighteous in the least matters is also unrighteous in much. 11 Therefore, if you have not become faithful in the unrighteous money, who will be entrusting the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not become faithful in what is another’s, who will be giving you what is yours? 13 No domestic servant is able to serve two lords; for either he will hate the one and love the other; for either he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.
3 But the steward said in himself, What should I do, because my lord is taking away the stewardship from me? I am not strong-enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I should do, in order that whenever I am removed from the stewardship, they may accept me into their houses. 5 And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
6 Now he said, A hundred eight-gallon containers of oil.
And he said to him, Accept your contract and when you have sat down, quickly write fifty.
7 Thereafter, he said to a different one, and how much do you owe?
Now he said, A hundred twelve-bushel containers of grain.
But he says to him, Accept your contract and write eighty.
8 And his lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he had done prudently, because the sons of this world are more prudent to their own generation; even beyond the sons of the light.
9 And I say to you, Make*\'b0 friends for yourselves out of the money of unrighteousness; in order that, whenever it fails, they may accept you into the everlasting tabernacles. 10 The faithful in the least matters is also faithful in much, and the unrighteous in the least matters is also unrighteous in much. 11 Therefore, if you have not become faithful in the unrighteous money, who will be entrusting the true riches to you? 12 And if you have not become faithful in what is another’s, who will be giving you what is yours? 13 No domestic servant is able to serve two lords; for either he will hate the one and love the other; for either he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.