Luke 16:8
Verse 8 of 31. The 16th of 24 chapters in Luke, in The Gospels.
4I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
10He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.