Luke 16:6 Meaning and Explanation
“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →A debtor owing a hundred measures of oil is told to sit down quickly and rewrite his bill for fifty.
What Does Luke 16:6 Mean?
The first debt is enormous — the olive yield of a great estate, hundreds of gallons of oil. The steward hands the man his own bill and has him halve it in his own handwriting, quickly, before anyone can ask questions.
Every slashed bill binds a grateful debtor to the steward while the loss falls on the master. Jesus does not whitewash the scheme — verse 8 will still call him the unjust steward — but He lets its audacity make the point. The man converts his last hours of authority into relief shown to others, and stakes his whole future on being remembered for it. The kingdom, the parable will say, asks something like that of disciples — with clean hands.
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What does Luke 16:6 mean?
A debtor owing a hundred measures of oil is told to sit down quickly and rewrite his bill for fifty.