‹It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.›
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 wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.›
‹And the lord commended 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 say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.›
