Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures[a] of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ The master commended the dishonest manager for his (A)shrewdness. For (B)the sons of this world[b] are (C)more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than (D)the sons of light. And I tell you, (E)make friends for yourselves by means of (F)unrighteous wealth,[c] so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:7 Between 1,000 and 1,200 bushels or 37,000 to 45,000 liters
  2. Luke 16:8 Greek age
  3. Luke 16:9 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions; also verse 11; rendered money in verse 13

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