NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 4

Luke 16:4

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I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

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Luke 16:4 in context

Luke 16:1–7

1

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

2

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

3

“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

5

Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

6

He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

7

Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

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