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.
And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering 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.
and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
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.
'And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not 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 have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to 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?
'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
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 oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down 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.
'Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy 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)
'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation. (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 say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles. (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 the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
11 If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true?
if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?
12 If you were not faithful in the interest of another, who will give you your own?
and if in the other's ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?
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 domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'
14 And the Pharisees, being avaricious, were hearing all these things, and murmuring against Him.
And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding 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, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] 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 [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
17 And it is easier that heaven and earth pass away, than one tittle fall from the law.
and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.
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.
'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.
'And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
20 But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, 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 filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking 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.
'And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham — and 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 the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (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 having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in 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.
'And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
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 these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.
27 And he said, Moreover I intreat you, father, that you may send him to the house of my father:
'And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,
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.
for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
29 But Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
'Abraham saith 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.
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
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.
And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'
