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Luke 16:7

NETBible	Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man¹ replied, ‘A hundred measures² of wheat.’ The manager³ said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’⁴
NIV © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"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.’
NASB © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"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 bill, and write eighty.’
NLT © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"‘And how much do you owe my employer?’ he asked the next man. ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ was the reply. ‘Here,’ the manager said, ‘take your bill and replace it with one for only eight hundred bushels.’
MSG © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"To the next he said, 'And you, what do you owe?' "He answered, 'A hundred sacks of wheat.' "He said, 'Take your bill, write in eighty.'
BBE © SABDAweb Luk 16:7	Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.
NRSV © bibleoremus Luk 16:7	Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill and make it eighty.’
NKJV © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
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KJV	Then <1899> said he <2036> (5627) to another <2087>_, And <1161> how much <4214> owest <3784> (5719) thou <4771>_? And <1161> he said <2036> (5627)_, An hundred <1540> measures <2884> of wheat <4621>_. And <2532> he said <3004> (5719) unto him <846>_, Take <1209> (5663) thy <4675> bill <1121>_, and <2532> write <1125> (5657) fourscore <3589>_. {measures: the word here interpreted a measure in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and two quarts}
NASB © biblegateway Luk 16:7	"Then <1899> he said <3004> to another <2087> , 'And how <4214> much <4214> do you owe <3784> ?' And he said <3004> , 'A hundred <1540> measures <2884> of wheat <4621> .' He *said <3004> to him, 'Take <1209> your bill <1121> , and write <1125> eighty <3589> .'
NET [draft] ITL	Then <1899> he said <2036> to another <2087> , ‘And how much <4214> do you owe <3784> ?’ The second man replied <2036> , ‘A hundred <1540> measures <2884> of wheat <4621> .’ The manager said <3004> to him <846> , ‘Take <1209> your <4675> bill <1121> , and <2532> write <1125> eighty <3589> .’
GREEK	epeita eterw eipen de poson ofeileiv de eipen korouv sitou legei dexai ta grammata kai graqon

NETBible

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man¹ replied, ‘A hundred measures² of wheat.’ The manager³ said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’⁴

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²sn 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.

³tn Grk “He”; the referent (the manager) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴sn The percentage of reduction may not be as great because of the change in material.