3. “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. I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5. Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6. He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’