Luke:16:1-9
web@Luke:16:1 @ He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
web@Luke:16:2 @ 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.'
web@Luke:16:3 @ "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.
web@Luke:16:4 @ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
web@Luke:16:5 @ Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
web@Luke:16:6 @ He said, 'A hundred batos {100 batos is about 395 litres or 104 U. S. gallons.} of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
web@Luke:16:7 @ Then he said to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors { 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. } of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
web@Luke:16:8 @ "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.
web@Luke:16:9 @ I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
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