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And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
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and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
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`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --
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I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
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`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
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and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.
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`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.