Luke 16
1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
And he called him, and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.
3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
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, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
Therefore calling together every one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
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 asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
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.
8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light. (aiōn g165)
And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. (aiōn g165)
9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. (aiōnios g166)
And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. (aiōnios g166)
10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater.
11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true?
12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, and no one did give him; moreover the dogs came, and licked his sores.
22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried,
23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. (Hadēs g86)
in hell. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: (Hadēs g86)
24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
And he cried, and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazareth evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.
26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
