3. And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.
4. I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5. Therefore calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
6. But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7. Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill, and write eighty.