Luke 16:7 · measurement explained
A debt of 100 cors of wheat
The second debtor owes one hundred cors of wheat, and the manager changes the written amount to eighty.
Read the verse first
Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
World English Bible · engwebp-source-2026-09-12
Modern measurement range
Original bill: one hundred cors
21,000–23,000 L
5,547.61–6,075.96 US gal · 4,619.35–5,059.29 Imp gal
Using the cor estimate. The Greek koros and Hebrew kor appear in different settings; the range is a reading aid, not a claim that every container was calibrated alike.
Calculate another amount →Rewritten bill: eighty cors
16,800–18,400 L
4,438.09–4,860.76 US gal · 3,695.48–4,047.43 Imp gal
Using the cor estimate. The Greek koros and Hebrew kor appear in different settings; the range is a reading aid, not a claim that every container was calibrated alike.
Calculate another amount →The converted capacity communicates the commercial scale. Wheat mass and market value remain unknown without density, quality, place, and date.
What this conversion does—and does not—show
It gives a defensible modern scale for the amount stated in the verse. Ancient standards varied by time and place, so the endpoints are deliberately approximate. A volume is not a food mass, a metal weight is not a modern cash value, and a conversion does not settle a textual, archaeological, or theological debate.
Conversion references: ESV weights and measures ↗, American Bible Society ↗, and Encyclopedia of the Bible ↗. Reference pages accessed October 10, 2026.