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The man replied, ‘A hundred jars of olive oil.’ The manager[a] told him, ‘Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write “50.”’ Then he asked another debtor,[b] ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ The manager[c] told him, ‘Get your bill and write “80.”’ The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people[d] are more clever than enlightened people[e] in dealing with their own.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:6 Lit. He
  2. Luke 16:7 The Gk. lacks debtor
  3. Luke 16:7 Lit. He
  4. Luke 16:8 Lit. the sons of this age
  5. Luke 16:8 Lit. the sons of light
  6. Luke 16:8 Lit. own generation