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 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 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 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 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—
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 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 to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me to 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?
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, One hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take your bill, and having sat down 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much.
11 if, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?
12 And if in the other’s you did not become faithful—who will give to you 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 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.”
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 And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding Him,
And the Pharisees, when they heard all these things, because they loved money, 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 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 [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 then, the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and every one presseth it to enter in.
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 away, than for one letter to pass from 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.
Whoever putteth away his wife, and taketh another, committeth adultery; and whoever taketh her that is put away, committeth adultery.
19 And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously 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 poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
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 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 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 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 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 having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (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 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 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 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;
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 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 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 And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father,
He said to him: I pray thee, therefore, my father, that thou wouldst 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 go and protest to them; lest they also come to this place of torment.
29 Abraham says 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 and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert.
But he said to him: No, my father Abraham: but if one shall go 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.”
Abraham said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not believe, though one should rise from the dead.
