Luke 16:6
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
In context
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6 He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
Luke 16:6 in every translation
- 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.’
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘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.