Luke 16:7
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16:7Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man21 replied, ‘A hundred measures22 of wheat.’ The manager23 said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’24
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- 21 Grk “He”; the referent (the second debtor) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
- 22 The hundred measures here was a hundreds cors. A cor was a Hebrew dry measure for grain, flour, etc., of between 10–12 bushels (about 390 liters). This was a huge amount of wheat, representing the yield of about 100 acres, a debt of between 2500–3000 denarii.
- 23 Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 24 The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’
“ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.
“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write eighty.’
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NLTNew Living Translation
“ ‘And how much do you owe my employer?’ he asked the next man. ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat,’ was the reply. ‘Here,’ the manager said, ‘take the bill and change it to 800 bushels.’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your promissory note and write eighty.’
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KJV 1900King 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.
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