Luke 16:7

Then to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, One hundred containers of wheat. He says to him, Take your bill and write eighty.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And he said, One hundred jugs of olive oil. And the sochen said to him, Take your bill, sit down, quickly write fifty.

8And the Baal Bayit praised the unrighteous sochen because he acted with chochmah. Because the Bnei HaOlam HaZeh have more seichel in dealing with their own generation than the Bnei HaOhr. + 16:8 Ps 17:14; 18:26

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:11Sh'lomo had a kerem (vineyard) at Ba'al-Hamon; 1 he gave over the kerem (vineyard) unto caretakers; 1 each had to pay a thousand pieces of kesef for the p'ri (fruit) thereof. 1

Luke 20:12And he proceeded to send an eved shlishi (a third servant). And also this one, having wounded, they threw out.

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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