Luke 16
1 And He also said to His disciples, “A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
2 and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you may not be steward any longer.
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.’
3 And the steward said in himself, What will I do, because my lord takes away the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig, I am ashamed to beg—
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.
4 I have known what I will do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5 And having called near each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
6 And he said, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down write fifty.
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
7 Afterward to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, One hundred cors of wheat; and he says to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.
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.
8 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)
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)
9 And I say to you, make to yourselves friends out of the wealth of unrighteousness, that when you may fail, they may receive you into the continuous dwelling places. (aiōnios g166)
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)
10 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;
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.
11 if, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
12 And if in the other’s you did not become faithful—who will give to you your own?
And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
13 No servant is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one, and he will love the other; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; you are not able to serve God and wealth.”
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.”
14 And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding Him,
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
15 and He said to them, “You are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; because that which is high among men [is] abomination before God;
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.
16 the Law and the Prophets [are] until John; since then the good news of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone presses into it;
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.
17 and it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than one tittle to fall of the Law.
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.
18 Everyone who is sending his wife away, and marrying another, commits adultery; and everyone who is marrying her sent away from a husband commits adultery.
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
20 and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
21 and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; indeed, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers into the bosom of Abraham—and the rich man also died, and was buried;
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
23 and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (Hadēs g86)
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. (Hadēs g86)
24 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.
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.’
25 And Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and you are distressed;
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.
26 and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from here to you are not able, nor do they pass through from there to us.
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.’
27 And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father,
‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
28 for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
29 Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
30 and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one may rise out of the dead.”
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.’”
