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Luke 16:1

Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

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Luke 16:2

"And he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

Luke 16:3

"And the manager said to himself, 'What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

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Luke 16:4

'I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'

Luke 16:5

"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

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Luke 16:6

"And he said, 'A hundred jugs of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

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Luke 16:7

"Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

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Luke 16:8

"And his master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

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Luke 16:9

"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it is all gone, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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Luke 16:10

"The one who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much.

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Luke 16:11

"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true wealth to you?

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Luke 16:12

"And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

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Luke 16:13

"No 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 wealth."

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Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were ridiculing Him.

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Luke 16:15

And He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.

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Luke 16:16

"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

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Luke 16:17

"But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

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Luke 16:18

"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

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