Synoptic Savings - Parable of the Shrewd Manager

224	The SHREWD MANAGER
Matt	Mark	Luke 16
		1	He also said to his disciples,
			"There was a rich man who had a steward,
			and charges were brought to him
			that this man was wasting his goods.
		2	And he called him and said to him,
			'What is this that I hear about you?
			Turn in the account of your stewardship,
			for you can no longer be steward.'
		3	And the steward said to himself,
			'What shall I do,
			since my master is taking the stewardship away from me?
			I am not strong enough to dig,
			and I am ashamed to beg.
		4	I have decided what to do,
			so that people may receive me into their houses
			when I am put out of the stewardship.'
		5	So, summoning his master's debtors one by one,
			he said to the first,
			'How much do you owe my master?'
		6	He said,
			'A hundred measures of oil.'
			And he said to him,
			'Take your bill
			and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
		7	Then he said to another,
			'And how much do you owe?'
			He said to him,
			'A hundred measures of oil.'
			And he said to him,
			'Take your bill,
			and write eighty.'
		8	The master commended the dishonest steward
			for his shrewdness;
			for the sons of this world are more shrewd
			in dealing with their own generation
			than the sons of light.
		19	And I tell you,
			make friends for yourselves
			by means of unrighteous mammon,
			so that when it fails
			they may receive you
			into the eternal habitations."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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