NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Luke 16:7

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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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Luke 16:7 in context

Luke 16:4–10

4

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.’

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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.’

8

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

9

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

10

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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  1. 100 cors = about 2,110 liters or 600 bushels.

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