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Luke 16:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. "

Luke 16:7

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5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

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

7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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From This Chapter

Luke 16:1

"And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods."

Luke 16:2

"And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward."

Luke 16:3

"Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed."

Luke 16:4

"I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses."

Luke 16:5

"So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?"

Luke 16:6

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

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