Luke 16:1-8

1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods .

2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward .

3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do ? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot * dig ; to beg I am ashamed .

4 I am resolved what to do , that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

6 And he said , An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said , An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Footnotes

• [a]. measures: the word Batus in the original containeth nine gallons three quarts
• [b]. measures: the word here interpreted a measure in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and two quarts