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Thenἔπειταhe saidεἶπενto another,ἑτέρῳ‘Andδὲyou,Σὺhow muchπόσονdo you owe?’ὀφείλειςAndδὲheὁsaid,εἶπεν‘A hundredἙκατὸνcorsκόρουςof wheat.’σίτουHe saysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ‘TakeΔέξαιyour bill,σου τὰ γράμματαandκαὶwriteγράψονeighty.’ὀγδοήκοντα
Luke 16:7
Study it in the app“Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He says to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:7, word by word
- Thenἔπειταepeita
then, afterward
Then, afterward.
Where else “epeita” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to anotherἑτέρῳheterōi
other, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heterōi” appears- how muchπόσονposon
how much, how many
How much, how great; how many.
Where else “poson” appears- do you owe?’ὀφείλειςopheileis
owe
To be in debt to someone.
Where else “opheileis” appears- ‘A hundredἙκατὸνHekaton
hundred
One hundred.
Where else “Hekaton” appears- corsκόρουςkorous
cor
Cor: a dry measure for grain, about 370 liters.
Where else “korous” appears- of wheat.’σίτουsitou
wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
Where else “sitou” appears- ‘TakeΔέξαιDexai
take
To accept what someone gives you.
Where else “Dexai” appears- your billγράμματαgrammata
writing
Something written: a letter, a document, a book.
Where else “grammata” appears- writeγράψονgrapson
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “grapson” appears- eighty.’ὀγδοήκονταogdoēkonta
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “ogdoēkonta” appears
Translation note
The bath was a liquid measure of about 37 liters; the cor, a grain measure of about 370 liters.
The context
6And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 · This verse (above)
8And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in dealing with their own generation.
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?