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, which had a steward; and the same was accused to 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 you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward.
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 steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; 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 am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of 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.
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord?
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And 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 said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write fourscore.
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, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser 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 to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. (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 much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust 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 in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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 man’s, who shall 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 else 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.
And the Pharisees also, 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 which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of 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 that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses 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.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one pronunciation mark 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 puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away 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.
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid 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.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: 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: 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 hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees 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, and 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.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are 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 beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there.
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
Then he said, I pray 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.’
For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
Abraham says 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.’
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, 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.’”
And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
