Luke:16

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* And He also said to His disciples , There was a certain rich man who had a steward . And he was accused to him , that he had wasted his goods . * And he called him and said to him , What [is ] this I hear about you ? Give an account of your stewardship , for you may no longer be steward . * And the steward said within himself , What shall I do ? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me . I cannot dig ; I am ashamed to beg . * I know what I will do , so 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 and said ; to the first , How much do you owe my lord ? * And he said , A hundred baths of oil . And he said to him , Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty . * And he said to another , And how much do you owe ? And he said , A hundred cors of wheat . And he said to him , Take your bill and write eighty . * And the unjust steward 's lord commended him because he had done wisely . For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light . * And I say to you , Make friends by the mammon of unrighteousness for yourselves , so that when you fail , they may receive you into everlasting dwellings . * He who is faithful in [the ] least is also faithful in much . And he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much . * Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon , who will entrust the true [riches ] to you ? * And if you have not been faithful in that which is another '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 . You cannot serve God and mammon . * And being money-lovers , all the Pharisees also heard all these things . And they derided Him . * And He said to them , You are those who justify yourselves 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 proclaimed , and everyone is pressing into it . * And it is easier [for ] the heaven and earth to pass than for one tittle of the law to fail . * Everyone putting away his wife and marrying another commits adultery ; and everyone marrying her who is put away from [her ] husband commits adultery . * There was a certain rich man who [was ] customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury 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 . But even the dogs came and licked his sores . * And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham 's bosom . The rich one also died and was buried . * And in hell 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 so 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 you in your lifetime received your good things , and likewise Lazarus evil things . But now he is comforted and you are tormented . * And besides all this , there is a great chasm fixed between you and us ; so that they desiring to pass from here to you cannot , nor can they pass over to us from there . * And he said , I beg you therefore , father , that you would send him to my father 's house , * for I have five brothers , so that he may testify to them , lest they also come into this place of torment . * Abraham said to him , They have Moses and the prophets , let them hear them . * And he said , No , father Abraham , but if one should go to them from [the ] dead , they would repent . * And he said to him , If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets , they will not be persuaded , even though one rose from [the ] dead .

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