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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 [a]obligation, and write eighty [about 700 bushels].

And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting [b]shrewdly and [c]prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [[d]relation to] their own generation [to their own age and [e]kind] than are the sons of light.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon ([f]deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings).

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:7 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  2. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Luke 16:8 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  4. Luke 16:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  5. Luke 16:8 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.
  6. Luke 16:9 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

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