6 “ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write 50.’
7 “Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe? ’“ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’
8 “The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.
9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
10 Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
11 So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?
12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?