6He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'


In Context

3 |The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:6" 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:6But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.