Luke 16:1-6

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

1 And he also said to the disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a manager. And charges were brought to him that this person was squandering his possessions.

2 And he summoned him [and] said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give the account of your management, because you can no longer manage.'

3 And the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, because my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

4 I know what I should do, so that when I am removed from the management they will welcome me into their homes!'

5 And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

6 And he said, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your promissory note and sit down quickly [and] write fifty.'

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("summoned") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("summoned") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("sit down") has been translated as a finite verb