1. Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
2. And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
3. The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
4. I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
5. And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'