Luke 16
1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
Then He said further to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, who was accused to him of wasting 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.’
So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’
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.
Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg
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, so that whenever I am removed from the management 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.
Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your 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 do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your 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)
The master even ‘commended’ the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. The sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the 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)
“I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal 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 who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
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 what belongs to another, who will give you what 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; 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 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 lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing 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.
So He said to them: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among 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; since then the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every one is trying to force his way into 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.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
“Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
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.
just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick 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.
In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and 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)
And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment, (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.’
he called out, saying, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; because I am tormented by 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.
But Abraham said: ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus had bad things; but now he is being comforted, and you 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 a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone from there cross over to us.’
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
because I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
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.’
So he said to him, ‘Oh no, father Abraham—if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent!’
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.’”
He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone should rise from the dead.’”
