Luke 16:7 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁷ The manager asked someone else who was in debt to his master, “How much do you owe?” “A thousand sacks of wheat,” the man replied. The manager said, “Take your bill and write ‘800.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ After that he said to another, And how much do you owe? He said, A hundred measures [about 900 bushels] of wheat. He said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and write eighty [about 700 bushels].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then the manager said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘One thousand bushels of wheat.’He said, ‘Take your contract and write eight hundred.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Next, he said to another, 'In truth, how much do you owe?' And he said, 'One hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your record books, and write eighty.'

Luke 16:7 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Luke 20:12

The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.

Luke 20:9

Jesus told the people this story: A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time.

Matthew 18:28

But as this official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him 100 silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, “Pay me what you owe!”

Luke 2:37

And now she was 84 years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.

Luke 16:6

“A hundred barrels of olive oil,” the man answered. So the manager said, “Take your bill and sit down and quickly write ‘50.’ ”

Luke 16:8

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.