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* And he said also unto his disciples, There was a
certain rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was
accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And
he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear
this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; for
thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward
said within himself, What shall I do ? for my lord taketh
away from me the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to
beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I
am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into
their houses. So he called every one of his lord's^
debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much
owest thou unto my lord ? And he said, An hundred
measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill;
and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to
another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An
hundred measures of wdieat. And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord com-
manded the unjust steward, because he had done wisely :
for the children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light. And I said unto you,
Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unright-
eousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which
is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust fn
the least is unjust also in much. If ,therefore ye have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches J And if ye have not
been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall
give you that which is your own ? No servant can serve
two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love
* Luke chap. xvi. I.
certain rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was
accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And
he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear
this of thee ? give an account of thy stewardship ; for
thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward
said within himself, What shall I do ? for my lord taketh
away from me the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to
beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I
am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into
their houses. So he called every one of his lord's^
debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much
owest thou unto my lord ? And he said, An hundred
measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill;
and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to
another, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An
hundred measures of wdieat. And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord com-
manded the unjust steward, because he had done wisely :
for the children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light. And I said unto you,
Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unright-
eousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which
is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust fn
the least is unjust also in much. If ,therefore ye have
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches J And if ye have not
been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall
give you that which is your own ? No servant can serve
two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love
* Luke chap. xvi. I.