And he said, ‘A hundred [a]measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred [b]measures of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ And his [c]master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of (A)this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [d]kind than the (B)sons of light.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:6 Gr baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 7 1/2 gal.
  2. Luke 16:7 Gr kors, one kor equals between 10 and 12 bu
  3. Luke 16:8 Or lord
  4. Luke 16:8 Lit generation