^{1 Ref} And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

^{2 Ref} And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

^{3 Ref} And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

^{4 Ref} I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

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

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

^{7 Ref} Then 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.

^{8 Ref} 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.

^{9 Ref} And 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.

^{10 Ref} He 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.

^{11 Ref} If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true `riches'?

^{12 Ref} And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?