Luke 16:8
World English Bible
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5 Calling each one of his lord`s debtors to him, he said to the first, `How much do you owe to my lord?`
6 He said, `A hundred batos of oil.` He said to him, `Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.`
7 Then said he to another, `How much do you owe?` He said, `A hundred cors of wheat.` He said to him, `Take your bill, and write eighty.`
8 His lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the sons of the light.
9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is unrighteous in a very little is also unrighteous in much.
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?