Luke 16:8

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Luke 16:8 — American Standard Version

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Context — Luke 16

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5And calling to him each one of his lord`s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

8And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

10He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?

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