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And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goods.

And hee called him, and said vnto him, How is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accompt of thy stewardship: for thou mayest bee no longer Steward.

Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship? I cannot digge, to begge I am ashamed.

I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.

So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?

And hee said, An hundred measures of oyle. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write fiftie.

Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou? And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill and write fourescore.

And the lord commended the vniust Steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light.

And I say vnto you, Make to your selues friends of the Mammon of vnrighteousnesse, that when ye faile, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations.

Hee that is faithfull in that which is least, is faithfull also in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.

If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

And if ye haue not bene faithful in that which is another mans, who shall giue you that which is your owne?

No seruant can serue two masters, for either he will hate the one, and loue the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: yee cannot serue God and Mammon.