LU-16:1  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.

LU-16:2  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.

LU-16:3  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.

LU-16:4  I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of

the stewardship,

they may receive me into their houses.

LU-16:5  So he called every one of his lord's debtors [unto him],

 and said unto

the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

LU-16:6  And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said

unto him, Take

thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

LU-16:7  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.

LU-16:8  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.

LU-16:9  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.

LU-16:10  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.

LU-16:11  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the

unrighteous mammon, who

will commit to your trust the true [riches]?

LU-16:12  And if ye have not been faithful in that which is

another man's, who

shall give you that which is your own?

LU-16:13  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.

LU-16:14  And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all

these things:

and they derided him.

LU-16:15  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.

LU-16:16  The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that

time the

kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

LU-16:17  And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than

one tittle of the

law to fail.

LU-16:18  Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,

committeth

adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from [her]

husband

committeth adultery.

LU-16:19  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in

purple and fine

linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

LU-16:20  And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which

was laid at his

gate, full of sores,

LU-16:21  And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from

the rich man's

table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

LU-16:22  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;

LU-16:23  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,

and seeth Abraham

afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

LU-16:24  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.

LU-16:25  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.

LU-16:26  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.

LU-16:27  Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou

wouldest send

him to my father's house:

LU-16:28  For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto

them, lest they

also come into this place of torment.

LU-16:29  Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the

prophets; let them

hear them.

LU-16:30  And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto

them from the

dead, they will repent.

LU-16:31  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the

prophets,

neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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