Luke 16:1-12 Then he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And this steward was accused of having wasted his substance.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And this steward was accused of having wasted his substance. ² So having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be steward. ³ Thereupon the steward said within himself, What am I to do, since my lord taketh from me the stewardship; I am not able to dig: to beg I am ashamed. ⁴ I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, I may be received into their houses. ⁵ So having sent severally for every of his lord's tenants, he said to the first, How much art thou to pay to my lord? ⁶ And he said, A hundred baths of oil. Thereupon he said to him, Take thy lease, and sit down quickly, and write Fifty. ⁷ Then he said to another, And how much art thou to pay? And he said, a hundred cores of wheat. Whereupon he saith to him, Take thy lease and write eighty. ⁸ And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had acted prudently. Because the children of this world are more prudent for their generation, than the children of the light, are for theirs; ⁹ therefore I say to you, From the worldly prudence of this unrighteousness, make ye friends for yourselves, that when you fail, ye may be received into the everlasting abodes. ¹⁰ He who is faithful in very little, is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in very little, is unjust also in much. ¹¹ If you then were not faithful with this unjust worldly prudence who will entrust to you the true? ¹² And if you were not faithful with that which is another's, will any one give you that to be your own?