Luke 16:6
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
In context
4 I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Luke 16:6 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.