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“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children[a] of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation[b] than the children of the light are. I tell you, make friends for yourselves with unrighteous mammon,[c] so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings. 10 The person who is faithful with very little is also faithful with much. And the person who is unrighteous with very little is also unrighteous with much.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:8 Or people
  2. Luke 16:8 Or kind of people
  3. Luke 16:9 Mammon is an Aramaic word that is transliterated in the Greek. It refers to worldly wealth (sometimes personified). It also appears in verses 11 and 13, and Matthew 6:24. It may also be translated money, but a different word for money is used in verse 14.