Settle the Accounts

1He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him of squandering his possessions.”

2And after calling him, he said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you are no longer able to manage.”

3Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.’

4I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, they may receive me into their homes.

5And after summoning each one of his master's debtors, he was saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

6He said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ Then he said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He says to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’

8And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light are.

9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they may welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

10The one who is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

11If, then, you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

12And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

13No household servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.