Luke Chapter 16
| 1 | And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. | 2 | And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. | 3 | Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. | 4 | I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. | 5 | So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? | 6 | And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. | 7 | Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. | 8 | 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. | 9 | And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. | 10 | 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 | If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? | 12 | And if ye 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: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. | 14 | And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. | 15 | And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. | 16 | The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. | 17 | And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. | 18 | Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. | 19 | There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: | 20 | And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, | 21 | 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 | 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 | And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. | 24 | 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 said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. | 26 | 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 thence. | 27 | Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: | 28 | For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. | 29 | Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. | 30 | And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. | 31 | And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. |