And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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Bede
AD 735
The children of light and the children of this world are spoken of in the same manner as the children of the kingdom, and the children of hell. For whatever works a man does, he is also termed their sun.
Let then the covetous hear this, that we can not at the same time serve Christ and riches; and yet He said not, Who has riches, but, who serves riches; for he who is the servant of riches, watches them as a servant; but he who has shaken off the yoke of servitude, dispenses them as a master; but he who serves mammon, verily serves him who is set over those earthly things as the reward of his iniquity, and is called the prince of this world.
