Luke 16:6

And he said, An hundred barrows of oil. And he said to him, Take thy caution [or Take thine obligation], and sit soon, and write fifty.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 when all the debtors of his lord were called together, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

7Afterward he said to another, And how much owest thou? Which answered, An hundred cors of wheat [or An hundred measures of wheat]. And he said to him, Take thy letters, and write fourscore.

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Cross References

Luke 16:12And if ye were not true in other men’s thing (s), who shall give to you that that is yours?

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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