^{1 Ref} He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

^{2 Ref} He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

^{3 Ref} "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

^{4 Ref} I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

^{5 Ref} Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

^{6 Ref} He said, 'A hundred batos{100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.} of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

^{7 Ref} Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors{ 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. } of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

^{8 Ref} "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.