| Luke 16:1 |
And He said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this one was accused to him of squandering his possessions. |
| Luke 16:2 |
And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward. |
| Luke 16:3 |
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:4 |
I know what I will do so that when I am removed from the stewardship they may receive me into their own houses. |
| Luke 16:5 |
And when he had called to [him] each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master? |
| Luke 16:6 |
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty. |
| Luke 16:7 |
Then to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill and write eighty. |
| Luke 16:8 |
And the master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted prudently; for the sons of this age are more prudent [in their dealings] with their own generation than the sons of light. |
| Luke 16:9 |
And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. |
| Luke 16:10 |
He who is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much. |
| Luke 16:11 |
If therefore you have not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true? |
| Luke 16:12 |
And if you have not become faithful in that which belongs to another, who will give to you that which is your own? |
| Luke 16:13 |
No household servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. |
| Luke 16:14 |
And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things and were sneering at Him. |
| Luke 16:15 |
And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. |
| Luke 16:16 |
The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed as the gospel, and everyone forces his way into it. |
| Luke 16:17 |
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one serif of the law to fail. |
| Luke 16:18 |
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from [her] husband commits adultery. |
| Luke 16:19 |
Now there was a certain rich man, and he clothed himself in purple and fine linen, making merry every day in splendor. |
| Luke 16:20 |
And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores |
| Luke 16:21 |
And longing to be satisfied with the things falling from the rich man's table; moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. |
| Luke 16:22 |
And the beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. |
| Luke 16:23 |
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom. |
| Luke 16:24 |
And he called out and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this flame. |
| Luke 16:25 |
But Abraham said, Child, remember that in your lifetime you fully received your good things, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
| Luke 16:26 |
And besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those wanting to pass from here to you cannot, neither from there to us may [any] cross over. |
| Luke 16:27 |
And he said, Then I ask you, Father, to send him to the house of my father -- |
| Luke 16:28 |
For I have five brothers -- so that he may solemnly testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment. |
| Luke 16:29 |
But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. |
| Luke 16:30 |
But he said, No, Father Abraham; but if someone [risen] from the dead would go to them, they will repent. |
| Luke 16:31 |
But he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. |