Luke:16

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* And he said also unto his disciples , There was a certain rich man who 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 may no longer be steward . * Then the steward said within himself , What shall I do ? for my lord takes the stewardship away from me ; I cannot dig , [and ] I am ashamed to beg . * I know what I shall do , that , when I am put out of the stewardship , they may receive me into their houses . * So he called each one of his lord 's debtors [unto him ] and said unto the first , How much dost thou owe unto my lord ? * And he said , A 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 dost thou owe ? And he said , A hundred measures of wheat . And he said unto him , Take thy bill and write eighty . * And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done discreetly ; for the sons of this age are in their generation more prudent than the sons of light . * And I say unto you , Make friends unto yourselves with the mammon of unrighteousness ; that , when these fail , you may be received into eternal dwellings . * He that is faithful with little is faithful also with much , and he that is unjust with little is unjust also with much . * If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon , who will commit to your trust the true ? * 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 who justify themselves before men , but God knows 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 whosoever [will ] presses into it . * And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fail . * Whosoever puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery , and whosoever marries her that is put away of [her ] husband commits adultery . * There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day ; * and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus , who 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 Hades he lifted up his eyes , being in torments , and saw 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 didst receive thy good things , and likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is comforted [here ], and thou art tormented . * And beside all this , between us and you there is a great gulf fixed , so that those who would pass from here to you cannot ; neither can they pass from there to us . * Then he said , I pray thee therefore , father , that thou would 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 said unto him , They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them . * And he said , No , father Abraham ; but if one went unto them from the dead , they will repent . * And he said unto him , If they do not hear Moses and the prophets , neither will they be persuaded , [even ] though one rose from the dead .:

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