King James Version (KJV)
Luke 16:8
“‹And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.›”
Verse in context — Luke 16
‹And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.›
‹Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.›
‹And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.›
‹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.›
‹He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.›
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