1 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
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So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
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“The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg—
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I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
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“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
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“ ‘Nine hundred gallons [a] of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
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“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘A thousand bushels[b]of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’