When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’
Luke 16:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He answered, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, A hundred measures [about 900 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and sit down quickly and write fifty [about 450 gallons]. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty. Common English Bible He said, ‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil.’The manager said to him, ‘Take your contract, sit down quickly, and write four hundred fifty gallons.’ Catholic Public Domain Version So he said, 'One hundred jars of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. |
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’
And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill and make it eighty.’
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
not stealing, but showing complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the teaching of God our Savior.