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He said, A hundred measures [about 900 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of [a]obligation, and sit down quickly and write fifty [about 450 gallons].

After that he said to another, And how much do you owe? He said, A hundred measures [about 900 bushels] of wheat. He said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of [b]obligation, and write eighty [about 700 bushels].

And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting [c]shrewdly and [d]prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [[e]relation to] their own generation [to their own age and [f]kind] than are the sons of light.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:6 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  2. Luke 16:7 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  3. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Luke 16:8 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  5. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  6. Luke 16:8 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.

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