8. The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
9. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
10. “The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11. If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
12. And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?
13. No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
14. The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
15. But Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
16. “The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.
17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.