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.’
7 “Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe? ’“ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’