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Luke 16:6
Luke 16:6 is verse 6 of Luke chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Greek ‘A hundred baths of oil’; that is, approximately 870 gallons or 3,300 liters
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.
World English Bible
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
100 batos is about 395 liters or 104 U. S. gallons.
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Luke 16:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:12And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.