Luke 16:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 16:9 : 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
  • Luke 16:12 : 12 And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?
  • Titus 2:10 : 10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

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  • Luke 16:7
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    7Then 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.

  • Luke 16:1-5
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    1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

    2And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

    3And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

    4I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.

    5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

  • Luke 7:41-42
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    41And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

    42When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

  • Matt 18:23-26
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    23For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

    24And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

    25And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

    26So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

  • Matt 18:28-30
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    28But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

    29So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

    30And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

  • Hag 2:16
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    16How, when anyone came to a store of twenty measures, there were only ten: when anyone went to the wine-store to get fifty vessels full, there were only twenty.

  • Luke 19:24-25
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    69%

    24And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

    25And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    15And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

    16And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

  • Neh 5:11
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    11Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.

  • Luke 12:16-18
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    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

    17And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

    18And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • Luke 19:22
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    22He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

  • Matt 20:13-14
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    13But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?

    14Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.

  • Rev 6:6
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    6And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.

  • Matt 20:2
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    2And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    12So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

    13And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

  • Luke 19:19-20
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    19And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

    20And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

  • Luke 10:35
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    35And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

  • 2 Chr 2:10
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    10And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

  • Luke 14:16
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    16And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

  • 2 Kgs 4:3
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    3Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

  • Matt 25:28
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    28Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

  • 1 Sam 8:14-15
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    14He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.

    15He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

  • Matt 18:32
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    32Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

  • Luke 14:21-22
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    21And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

    22And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

  • Matt 20:8
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    8And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

  • Matt 25:18-19
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    18But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

    19Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • Ezra 7:22
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    22Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hundred measures of oil, and salt without measure.