Hi friends, I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the

miracles. Each month we read all four books, so make sure you're subscribed, rate, and

review the show if you get a chance. And here's how today is going to work. I'm going

to read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then

that's it. So today is July 23rd, day 23, and I'll be reading Luke chapters 16 through 18,

and this month I am reading from the CSV. Luke 16. Now he said to his disciples,

there was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

So he called the manager in and asked, what is this I hear about you, given account of your

management, because you can no longer be my manager. Then the manager said to himself, what

will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig. I'm

ashamed to beg. I know what I'll do so that when I'm removed from management, people will welcome

me into their homes. So he summoned each of his master's debtors. How much do you owe my master?

He asked the first one, a hundred measures of oil, he said, take your invoice. He told him,

sit down quickly and write 50. Next, he asked another, how much do you owe? A hundred measures

of wheat, he said, take your invoice. He told him and write 80. The master praised the unrighteous

manager because he had acted trudely for the children of this age are more shrewd than the

children of light and dealing with their own people. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves

by means of worldly wealth so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Whoever is faithful and very little is also faithful in much and whoever is unrighteous and very

little is also unrighteous in much. So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will

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