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.
He was saying now also to the disciples (of him: *k*) A man certain there was rich who had a manager, and he was accused unto him as wasting the possessions of him.
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.
And having called him he said to him; What [is] this I hear concerning you? do give the account of the stewardship of you; not for (you are able *N(k)O*) any longer to manage.
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.
Said then within himself the manager; What shall I do, for the master of me is taking away the management from me? To dig not I am able, to beg I am ashamed.
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 may do so that when I may have been removed (from *no*) the management they may receive me into the homes (of them. *NK(o)*)
5 And calling each one of the debtors of his lord, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?
And having called to [him] one each of the debtors of the master his own he was saying to the first; How much owe you to the master of me?
6 And he said; A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your accounts, and sitting down quickly write fifty.
(then *NK(o)*) he said; A hundred baths of oil. (then *N(k)O*) he said to him; do take your (the bills *N(k)O*) and having sat down soon do 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 to another he said; You yourself now how much owe? And he said; A hundred cors of wheat. (and *k*) He says to him; do take your (bills *N(k)O*) and do 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)
And praised the master the manager unrighteous because shrewdly he had acted, For the sons of the age this more shrewd than the sons of the light in the generation their own are. (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)
and I myself to you say; for yourselves do make friends by the wealth of unrighteousness, that when (it may fail *N(K)O*) 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.
The [one] faithful with very little also with much faithful is, and the [one] with very little unrighteous also with much unrighteous is.
11 If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true?
If therefore in the unrighteous wealth faithful not you have been, the true [riches] who to you will entrust?
12 If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?
And if in that which [is] of another faithful not you have been, that which ([is] yours *NK(O)*) who to you will give
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 is able to two masters to serve; either for the one he will hate and the other he will love, or to one he will be devoted and the other he will despise. Not you are able God to serve and money.
14 And the Pharisees, being avaricious, were hearing all these things, and murmuring against Him.
Were listening to now these things all (and *k*) the Pharisees lovers of money being 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.
And He said to them; You yourselves are those justifying themselves before men, but God knows the hearts of you for that which among men [is] exalted an abomination before God (is. *k*)
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 *N(k)O*) John; from that time the kingdom of God is evangelised [about], and everyone into it forces his way.
17 And it is easier that heaven and earth pass away, than one tittle fall from the law.
Easier for however it is the heaven and the earth to pass away than of the law one stroke of a pen 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.
Everyone who is putting away the wife of him and marrying another commits adultery, And (everyone *k*) who separated her from a husband marrying commits adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.
A man now certain there was rich and he was clothed in purple and fine linen making good cheer every day in splendor.
20 But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
A poor man now certain (was *k*) named Lazarus (who *k*) had been laid at the gate of him full of sores
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.
and desiring to be fed from (crumbs *KO*) that falling from the table of the rich man; but even the dogs coming were licking the sores of him.
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.
It came to pass that then to die the poor man and to be carried away he by the angels into the bosom (*k*) of Abraham; Died then also the rich man 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 having lifted up the eyes of him, being in torment he sees (*k*) Abraham from afar and Lazarus in the bosom of him. (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.
And he himself having cried out said; Father Abraham, do have mercy on me and do send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of the finger of him in water and may cool the tongue of mine, for I am suffering in flame this.
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.
Said then Abraham; Child, do remember that you did fully receive (you yourself *k*) the [things] good of you in the lifetime of you, and Lazarus likewise the [things] harmful. Now however (here *N(k)O*) he is comforted, you yourself now are suffering.
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 *N(k)O*) all these things between us and you a chasm great has been fixed so that those desiring to pass (from here *N(k)O*) to you not may be able nor (those *k*) from there to us they shall pass.
27 And he said, Moreover I intreat you, father, that you may send him to the house of my father:
He said then; I implore you then father, that you may send him to the house of the father of mine —
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.
I have for five brothers — so that he may warn to them that not also they themselves may come to place this of torment.
29 But Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Says (however *no*) (to him *ko*) Abraham; They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.
30 But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said; No, father Abraham, but if one from [the] dead shall 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 however to him; If to Moses and the prophets not they listen, (not even *N(k)O*) if one out from [the] dead shall rise will they be persuaded.
