“‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’

“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write eighty.’

“The master praised the unrighteous manager(A) because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age(B) are more shrewd than the children of light(C) in dealing with their own people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:8 Lit own generation

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