1 Jesus also said to the disciples, “A certain rich man heard that his household manager was wasting his estate.
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He called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of your administration because you can no longer serve as my manager.'
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“The household manager said to himself, What will I do now that my master is firing me as his manager? I'm not strong enough to dig and too proud to beg.
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I know what I'll do so that, when I am removed from my management position, people will welcome me into their houses.
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“One by one, the manager sent for each person who owed his master money. He said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?'
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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.'
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Then the manager said to another, ‘How much do you owe?' He said, ‘One thousand bushels of wheat.' He said, ‘Take your contract and write eight hundred.'