Luke 16:1–13 The New Testament, An Expanded Translation by Wuest
Now He was also saying to the disciples, A certain man was continuing in his employ a manager of his estate, and this man was maliciously accused to him from a hostile source of wasting his possessions. And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Render an account at once of the way you have been managing my estate, for you cannot any longer function as my manager. Then the estate-manager said within himself, What shall I do, because my master is taking away the position of estate-manager from me? To become one who earns his living by digging, I am not strong enough. To become a beggar I am ashamed. I have it—what I shall do, in order that when I am put out of the position of estate-manager, they may receive me into their own homes. And having called to himself one at a time, each of those who owed his own master money, he went to saying to the first, How much are you owing my master? And he said, One hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take at once your contract showing your indebtedness and sit down quickly and write fifty. Then he said to another, Now, as for you, how much are you owing? And he said, One hundred measures of wheat. He says to him, Take at once your contract showing your indebtedness and write eighty. And the master praised the estate-manager whose character was that of one who violates both law and justice with impunity, because he acted shrewdly with his own best interests in mind, this praise being in view of the fact that the sons of the spirit of this age are shrewder in their dealings with their own kind than the sons of the light. And, as for myself, I am saying to you, Make for yourselves friends by means of the use of the riches which are the object and desire of the unrighteous world in order that when they [the riches] fail, they [the friends you have made by your generosity] may welcome you into everlasting dwelling-places. He who is faithful in a very little and therefore can be relied upon, is faithful also in much and can be relied upon there. And he who violates law and justice in a very little thing does the same also in regard to much. Since you therefore were not faithful in the use of the riches which are the object and desire of the unrighteous world, who will entrust you with that wealth which is genuine? And in view of the fact that you were not faithful in the use of that which belongs to another person, who will give you that wealth which is your own? Not one household slave is able to keep on rendering a slave’s service to two masters, for either the one he will hate and the other he will love, or to one he will hold firmly, and the other he will despise. You are not able to keep on serving God and riches.
Luke 16:1–13 The New Testament, An Expanded Translation by Wuestmonth of January 2024 Logos Bible Software Discount codes |
