World English Bible
"Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'"
— Luke 16:5, World English 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? ”
“So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’”
“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?”
He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
Then he said to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.