Luke 16
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
- So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto
the first, How much owest
thou unto my lord?
- And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And
he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches?
- And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?
- 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.
- And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:
and they derided him.
- 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.
- The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
- And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
- Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away
from her husband committeth adultery.
- There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
- And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his
gate, full of 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.
- 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;
- And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and
Lazarus in his bosom.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
- For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment.
- Abraham saith unto him, They
have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
- And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if
one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
- And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.