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Steward.* 1Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a
steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.
2He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no
longer be my steward.’ 3The steward said to himself, ‘What shall
I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away
from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
4I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the
stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ 5He called
in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How
much do you owe my master?’ 6* He replied, ‘One hundred measures
of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ 7Then to another he
said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred
kors* of wheat.’