1 And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he 2 was wasting his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; 3 for thou canst be no longer steward. And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am 4 ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the 5 stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much 6 owest thou unto my lord? And he said, A hundred [1]measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy [2]bond, and sit down quickly 7 and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred [3]measures of wheat. He saith unto him, 8 Take thy [2]bond, and write fourscore. And his lord commended [4]the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this [5]world are for their own generation wiser than the 9 sons of the light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends [6]by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall 10 fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that 11 is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who 12 will commit to your trust the true _riches_? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that 13 which is [7]your own? No [8]servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these 15 things; and they scoffed at him. And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination 16 in the sight of God. The law and the prophets _were_ until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and 17 every man entereth violently into it [_see Matt. 11:12_]. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle 18 of the law to fall. Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery. 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple 20 and fine linen, [9]faring sumptuously every day: and a certain 21 beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, and