4. I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
5. "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6. "'Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied."The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.'
7. "Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?'"'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied."He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'
8. "The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
9. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.