Luke 16:6

But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

In Context

5Therefore calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?

7Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty.

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Cross References

Luke 16:12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's; who will give you that which is your own?

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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