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And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' So he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
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And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.
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He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
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Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?
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No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.
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And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.