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“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

Luke 16:8 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીલૂક ૧૬:૮
તેના માલિકે અન્યાયી કારભારીનાં વખાણ કર્યાં, કારણ કે તે હોશિયારીથી વર્ત્યો હતો; કેમ કે આ જગતના દીકરા પોતાની પેઢી વિષે અજવાળાનાં દીકરા કરતાં વધારે હોશિયાર હોય છે.
हिन्दीलूका १६:८
“स्वामी ने उस अधर्मी भण्डारी को सराहा, कि उसने चतुराई से काम किया है; क्योंकि इस संसार के लोग अपने समय के लोगों के साथ रीति-व्यवहारों में ज्योति के लोगों से अधिक चतुर हैं।

In context

6He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

7Then he said 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 dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

10He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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