1
He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.
2
And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'
3
And the steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
4
I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.'
5
So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6
He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.