7. Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8. The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
9. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
10. “The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11. If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
12. And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?
13. No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
14. The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.