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Luke 16:6-19 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

6. And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

7. Then said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and write fourscore.

8. 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.

9. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

10. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11. If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12. And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

13. No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

14. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

15. And he said unto them,

16. The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.

17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one dot of the law to fail.

18. Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.

19. There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:

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