Luke 16:6

‘Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,’ answered the man. ‘Here is your agreement,’ he said; ‘sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.’

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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

5One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.

7And you, the steward said to the next, ‘how much do you owe?’ ‘Seventy quarters of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Here is your agreement,’ the steward said; ‘make it fifty-six.’

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Cross References

Luke 16:12And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our 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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