Luke:16-17
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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 .
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Then said he unto the disciples ,
It is impossible but that offences will come :
but woe unto him ,
through whom they come !
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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck ,
and he cast into the sea ,
than that he should offend one of these little ones .
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Take heed to yourselves :
If thy brother trespass against thee ,
rebuke him ;
and if he repent ,
forgive him .
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And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day ,
and seven times in a day turn again to thee ,
saying ,
I repent ;
thou shalt forgive him .
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And the apostles said unto the Lord ,
Increase our faith .
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And the Lord said ,
If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed ,
ye might say unto this sycamine tree ,
Be thou plucked up by the root ,
and be thou planted in the sea ;
and it should obey you .
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But which of you ,
having a servant plowing or feeding cattle ,
will say unto him by and by ,
when he is come from the field ,
Go and sit down to meat ?
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And will not rather say unto him ,
Make ready wherewith I may sup ,
and gird thyself ,
and serve me ,
till I have eaten and drunken ;
and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ?
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Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him ?
I trow not .
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So likewise ye ,
when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you ,
say ,
We are unprofitable servants :
we have done that which was our duty to do .
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And it came to pass ,
as he went to Jerusalem ,
that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee .
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And as he entered into a certain village ,
there met him ten men that were lepers ,
which stood afar off :
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And they lifted up their voices ,
and said ,
Jesus ,
Master ,
have mercy on us .
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And when he saw them ,
he said unto them ,
Go shew yourselves unto the priests .
And it came to pass ,
that ,
as they went ,
they were cleansed .
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And one of them ,
when he saw that he was healed ,
turned back ,
and with a loud voice glorified God ,
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And fell down on his face at his feet ,
giving him thanks :
and he was a Samaritan .
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And Jesus answering said ,
Were there not ten cleansed ?
but where are the nine ?
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There are not found that returned to give glory to God ,
save this stranger .
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And he said unto him ,
Arise ,
go thy way :
thy faith hath made thee whole .
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And when he was demanded of the Pharisees ,
when the kingdom of God should come ,
he answered them and said ,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation :
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Neither shall they say ,
Lo here !
or ,
lo there !
for ,
behold ,
the kingdom of God is within you .
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And he said unto the disciples ,
The days will come ,
when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man ,
and ye shall not see it .
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And they shall say to you ,
See here ;
or ,
see there :
go not after them ,
nor follow them .
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For as the lightning ,
that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven ,
shineth unto the other part under heaven ;
so shall also the Son of man be in his day .
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But first must he suffer many things ,
and be rejected of this generation .
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And as it was in the days of Noe ,
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man .
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They did eat ,
they drank ,
they married wives ,
they were given in marriage ,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark ,
and the flood came ,
and destroyed them all .
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Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ;
they did eat ,
they drank ,
they bought ,
they sold ,
they planted ,
they builded ;
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But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven ,
and destroyed them all .
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Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed .
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In that day ,
he which shall be upon the housetop ,
and his stuff in the house ,
let him not come down to take it away :
and he that is in the field ,
let him likewise not return back .
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Remember Lot '
s wife .
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Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it ;
and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it .
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I tell you ,
in that night there shall be two men in one bed ;
the one shall be taken ,
and the other shall be left .
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Two women shall be grinding together ;
the one shall be taken ,
and the other left .
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Two men shall be in the field ;
the one shall be taken ,
and the other left .
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And they answered and said unto him ,
Where ,
Lord ?
And he said unto them ,
Wheresoever the body is ,
thither will the eagles be gathered together .
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And he spake a parable unto them to this end ,
that men ought always to pray ,
and not to faint ;
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