“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
Eight hundred gallons of olive oil, he replied. The manager told him, take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it eight hundred — the first debtor: a hundred baths of oil (about 900 gallons) reduced to fifty. Take your bill, sit down quickly: the urgency communicates both the limited time available and the need to complete the transaction before the dismissal becomes widely known. Make it four hundred: the 50% reduction is the gift that creates the obligation.
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