SCRIPTURE
Luke 16: 1-13
"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also
in much”
1
Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager,
and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2
So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me
an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' 3
Then the manager said to himself, 'What will I do, now that my master is taking
the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to
beg. 4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as
manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 5 So, summoning his
master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, 'How much do you owe my
master?' 6 He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to
him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 7 Then he
asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of
wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and make it eighty.' 8 And
his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for
the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation
than are the children of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for
yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may
welcome you into the eternal homes. 10 "Whoever is faithful in a
very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little
is dishonest also in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful with
the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And
if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you
what is your own? 13 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will
either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve God and wealth."