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