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I know what I will do so that they will welcome me into their houses when I am removed from the stewardship’. And having summoned each one of the debtors of his master, he was saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my master?’ And the one said, ‘A hundred baths[a] of olive-oil’. And the one said to him, ‘Take your writings[b], and having sat-down quickly, write fifty’.

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  1. Luke 16:6 A bath was a liquid measure ranging from 5 to 10 gallons (21-39 liters).
  2. Luke 16:6 Or more specifically, records, receipts, accounts.

I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

“‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied.

“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’

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  1. Luke 16:6 Or about 3,000 liters