Luke 16
1 And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods.
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 And having called him, he said to him, What is this which I hear concerning thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou art not able to be steward 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 And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes away my stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am 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 shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
—I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’
5 And calling each one of the debtors of his lord, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?
Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 And he said; A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your accounts, and sitting down quickly 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 said to another one, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He says to him, Take your account, and write fourscore.
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 And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the 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 And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles. (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 He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in 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 If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true?
If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
12 If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you 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 is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
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 And the Pharisees, being avaricious, were hearing all these things, and murmuring against Him.
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
15 And He said to them, Ye are those who justify yourselves before the people; but God knows your hearts: because that which is exalted among the people is abomination in the sight of 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 until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses 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 And it is easier that heaven and earth pass away, than one tittle fall from the law.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
18 Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband 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 There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.
“Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
21 and desiring to be fed by the crumbs falling from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming continued to lick 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 And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: 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 And in Hades lifted up his eyes, being in torment, sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (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 And he calling 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, because I am tormented in this flame.
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 said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
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 in addition to all these things, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you, in order that those wishing to go hence to you may not be able, neither can they come thence 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 And he said, Moreover I intreat you, father, that you may send him to the house of my father:
Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
28 for I have five brothers; in order that he may testify to them, that they may not also come to this place of the 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 says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
30 But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go 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 But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if one may rise 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.’”
