1. He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.
2. So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’
3. “Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.
4. I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5. “So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.
6. “ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write 50.’