1. Jesus also said to his followers, “Once there was a rich man. He had a manager to take care of his business. Later, the rich man learned that his manager was cheating him.
2. So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘I have heard bad things about you. Give me a report of what you have done with my money. You can’t be my manager any longer!’
3. Later, the manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do? My master is taking my job away from me! I am not strong enough to dig ditches. I am too proud to beg.
4. I know! I’ll do something so that when I lose my job, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5. “So the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He said to the first man, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6. The man answered, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; sit down quickly and make the bill less. Write 400 gallons.’
7. Then the manager said to another man, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ The man answered, ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat.’ Then the manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; you can make it less. Write 800 bushels.’
8. Later, the master praised the dishonest manager for being smart. Yes, worldly people are smarter with their own kind than spiritual people are.