NET Bible
"So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’"
— Luke 16:5, NET Bible
“So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?”
“And calling to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? ”
“Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'”
“Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?”
“And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?”
“So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?”
So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
Then the manager said to himself,‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.
I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’
The man replied,‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him,‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Then he said to another,‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man replied,‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him,‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.