Luke 16
1 Then He said further to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, who was accused to him of wasting his goods.
And he spoke a parable to his disciples. There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and accusations were brought to him of him, that he squandered his property.
2 So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’
And his lord called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Render to me an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be my steward.
3 Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg
And the steward said with himself: What shall I do, since my lord is about to take from me the stewardship? To dig, I am unable; and to become a beggar, I am ashamed.
4 —I know what I will do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’
I know what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
5 Summoning each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
And he called each one of his lord's debtors; and he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
6 And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
And he said to him, One hundred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write Fifty measures.
7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’
And he said to another: And how much owest thou to my lord? And he said to him, One hundred cors of wheat. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down, and write Eighty cors.
8 The master even ‘commended’ the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. The sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the Light. (aiōn g165)
And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously: for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their generation. (aiōn g165)
9 “I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings! (aiōnios g166)
And I also say to you: Make to yourselves friends, with this unrighteous mammon; so that when it is finished, they may receive you to their everlasting tabernacles. (aiōnios g166)
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
He that is faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much.
11 If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?
12 And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
And if ye have not been found faithful in that which is not yours, who will give to you that which is yours?
13 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 God and mammon!”
There is no servant, who can serve two lords. For, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were also listening to all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
And the Pharisees, when they heard all these things, because they loved money, derided him.
15 So He said to them: “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. That which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.
And Jesus said to them: Ye are such as justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your heart: for that which is exalted among men, is abominable before God.
16 The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every one is trying to force his way into it.
The law and the prophets were until John: since then, the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and every one presseth it to enter in.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the Law to fail.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one letter to pass from the law.
18 “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
Whoever putteth away his wife, and taketh another, committeth adultery; and whoever taketh her that is put away, committeth adultery.
19 “Now there was a certain rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
And there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in fine linen and scarlet, and passed every day in splendid luxury.
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Lazarus; and he was laid at the gate of the rich man, smitten with ulcers.
21 just wanting to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table—why even the dogs would come and lick his sores!
And he desired to fill his belly with the fragments that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs also came and licked his ulcers.
22 In due time the beggar died and was carried away to Abraham's bosom by the angels. “The rich man also died and was buried.
And so it was, that the poor man died; and angels transported him to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
23 And in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance, and Lazarus very close to him. And being in torment, (Hadēs g86)
And being tormented in hell, he raised his eyes from afar off, and saw Abraham, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Hadēs g86)
24 he called out, saying, ‘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 by this flame!’
And he called with a loud voice, and said: Abraham, my father, have pity on me; and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and moisten my tongue; for, lo, I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said: ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus had bad things; but now he is being comforted, and you tormented.
And Abraham said to him: My son, remember, that thou receivedst thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus his evil things: and now, behold he is here at rest, and thou art tormented.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone from there cross over to us.’
And with all these, there is a great barrier between us and you; so that they who would pass from here to you, cannot; neither can they pass from there to us
27 Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
He said to him: I pray thee, therefore, my father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house;
28 because I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
for I have five brothers; that he may go and protest to them; lest they also come to this place of torment.
29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them.
30 So he said to him, ‘Oh no, father Abraham—if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent!’
But he said to him: No, my father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.
31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Abraham said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not believe, though one should rise from the dead.
