Luke 16:1-8 He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property. ² So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.' ³ The factor said to himself, 'What am I to do, now that my master is taking the factorship away from me? I am too weak to dig, I am ashamed to beg. ⁴ Ah, I know what I will do, so that people will welcome me to their houses when I am deposed from the factorship.' ⁵ So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?' ⁶ 'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.' ⁷ Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.' ⁸ Well, the master praised the dishonest factor for looking ahead; for the children of this world look further ahead in dealing with their own generation than the children of Light.