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;
And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods.
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.
And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward.
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—
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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 am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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?
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord?
6 And he said, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down write fifty.
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and 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 said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write fourscore.
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)
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. (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)
And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. (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;
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, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the 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 in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is 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: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
14 And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding Him,
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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;
And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of 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 until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.
17 and it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than one tittle to fall of the Law.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one pronunciation mark of the law to fail.
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.
Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.
19 And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
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 poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of 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 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 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;
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 having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (Hadēs g86)
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (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.
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 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 said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
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 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 there.
27 And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father,
Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him 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; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went 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.”
And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
