NET Bible
"The man replied,‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him,‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’"
— Luke 16:6, NET Bible
“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
“And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty. ”
“He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'”
“But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.”
“And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.”
“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
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.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.