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Luke 16:7

Afterward 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.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

8And the lord praised the bailiff of wickedness [or And the lord praised the farmer of wickedness], for he had done prudently; for the sons of this world be more prudent in their generation, than the sons of light. (And the lord praised the steward for his wickedness, or his shrewdness, for he had done prudently; for the sons of this world be more prudent with their affairs, than the sons of the light be.)

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:11A vinery was to the peaceable; in that city, that hath peoples, he betook it to keepers; a man bringeth a thousand pieces of silver for the fruit thereof. (Solomon had a vineyard in Baalhamon; he rented it out to guardians, or to farmers; and each of them bringeth a thousand pieces of silver to him as payment for its fruit.)

Luke 20:12And he thought yet to send the third, and him also they wounded, and casted him out (or and threw him 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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