“ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said. “ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write 50.’
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’
And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.
“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe? ’ “ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said. “ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.
or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.