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And having summoned each one of the debtors of his master, he was saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my master?’ And the one said, ‘A hundred baths[a] of olive-oil’. And the one said to him, ‘Take your writings[b], and having sat-down quickly, write fifty’. Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ And the one said, ‘A hundred cor[c] of wheat’. He says to him, ‘Take your writings, and write eighty’.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:6 A bath was a liquid measure ranging from 5 to 10 gallons (21-39 liters).
  2. Luke 16:6 Or more specifically, records, receipts, accounts.
  3. Luke 16:7 This dry measure ranged from 6 to 11 bushels (50-90 gallons; 220-393 liters).

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