Luke 16:7
5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
- KJV
- Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
- WEB
- 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.’
- ASV
- Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.
- DARBY
- Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.
- BLB
- Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He says to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’
- ÅB
- Deretter sa han til en annen: Og du, hvor meget er du skyldig? Han sa: Hundre tønner hvete. Han sier til ham: Her har du ditt gjeldsbrev; skriv åtti!
- OTB
- Så spurte han en annen: 'Og hvor mye skylder du?' Han svarte: 'Hundre mål hvete.' Han sa til ham: 'Ta regningen din, og skriv åtti.'
- B1930
- Derefter sa han til en annen: Og du, hvor meget er du skyldig? Han sa: Hundre tønner hvete. Han sier til ham: Her har du ditt gjeldsbrev; skriv åtti!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 20:9
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
Read in contextLuke 20:12
Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:11–12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
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