Luke 16

1And he saidG3004 alsoG2532 unto the disciplesG3101, There wasG1510 a certainG5100 richG4145 manG444, who had a stewardG3623; and the sameG846 wasG1510 accused unto him that he wasG1510 wasting his goods. 2And he called him, and saidG3004 unto him, What is this that I hearG191 of thee? renderG591 the accountG3056 of thy stewardshipG3622; for thou canst be noG3756 longerG2089 steward. 3And the stewardG3623 saidG3004 within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lordG2962 taketh awayG851 the stewardshipG3622 from me? I have not strength to digG4626; to beg I am ashamedG153. 4I am resolved what to do, that, whenG3752 I am put out of the stewardshipG3622, they may receiveG1209 me into their houses. 5And callingG4341 to him each oneG1520 of his lord’sG2962 debtorsG5533, he saidG3004 to the firstG4413, HowG4214 muchG4214 owest thou unto my lordG2962? 6And he saidG3004, A hundredG1540 measures of oilG1637. And he saidG3004 unto him, TakeG1209 thy bond, and sitG2523 down quickly and writeG1125 fiftyG4004. 7Then saidG3004 he to another, And howG4214 muchG4214 owest thou? And he saidG3004, A hundredG1540 measures of wheatG4621. He saith unto him, TakeG1209 thy bond, and writeG1125 fourscore. 8And his lordG2962 commended the unrighteousG93 stewardG3623 because he had done wisely: for the sonsG5207 of this world areG1510 for their ownG1438 generationG1074 wiser than the sonsG5207 of the lightG5457. 9And I sayG3004 unto you, MakeG4160 to yourselves friendsG5384 by means of the mammon of unrighteousnessG93; that, whenG3752 it shall failG1587, they may receiveG1209 you into the eternalG166 tabernaclesG4633. 10He that isG1510 faithfulG4103 in a very littleG1646 isG1510 faithfulG4103 alsoG2532 in muchG4183: and he that isG1510 unrighteousG94 in a very littleG1646 isG1510 unrighteousG94 alsoG2532 in muchG4183. 11If thereforeG3767 ye have not been faithfulG4103 in the unrighteousG94 mammon, who will commit to your trust the trueG228 riches? 12And if ye have not been faithfulG4103 in that which is another’s, who will giveG1325 you that which is your own? 13No servantG3610 can serveG1398 twoG1417 mastersG2962: for either he will hateG3404 the oneG1520, and loveG25 the otherG2087; or else he will hold to oneG1520, and despiseG2706 the otherG2087. Ye cannot serveG1398 GodG2316 and mammon.

14And the PhariseesG5330, who were loversG5366 of moneyG5366, heardG191 all these thingsG3778; and they scoffed at him. 15And he saidG3004 unto them, Ye areG1510 they that justifyG1344 yourselves in the sight of menG444; but GodG2316 knoweth your heartsG2588: for that which isG1510 exalted among menG444 isG1510 an abominationG946 in the sight of GodG2316. 16The lawG3551 and the prophetsG4396 were until JohnG2491: from that timeG5119 the gospel of the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 is preached, and every man entereth violently into it. 17But it isG1510 easier for heavenG3772 and earthG1093 to passG3928 awayG3928, than for oneG1520 tittle of the lawG3551 to fallG4098.

18Every oneG3588 that putteth awayG630 his wifeG1135, and marrieth another, committeth adulteryG3431: and he that marrieth oneG3588 that is put awayG630 from a husbandG435 committeth adulteryG3431.

19NowG1161 there wasG1510 a certainG5100 richG4145 manG444, and he wasG1510 clothed in purpleG4209 and fine linen, faring sumptuously every dayG2250: 20and a certainG5100 beggar namedG3686 LazarusG2976 was laid at his gateG4440, full of sores, 21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fellG4098 from the richG4145 man’sG4145 tableG5132; yea, evenG2532 the dogsG2965 cameG2064 and licked his sores. 22And it cameG1096 to passG1096, that the beggar diedG599, and that he was carried awayG667 by the angelsG32 into Abraham’s bosomG2859: and the richG4145 manG4145 alsoG2532 diedG599, and was buriedG2290. 23And in HadesG86 he liftedG1869 up his eyesG3788, being in torments, and seeth AbrahamG11 afar off, and LazarusG2976 in his bosomG2859. 24And he cried and saidG3004, FatherG3962 AbrahamG11, have mercyG1653 on me, and sendG3992 LazarusG2976, that he may dipG911 the tip of his fingerG1147 in waterG5204, and cool my tongueG1100; for I am in anguish in this flameG5395. 25But AbrahamG11 saidG3004, SonG5043, rememberG3403 that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy goodG18 thingsG18, and LazarusG2976 in like manner evilG2556 thingsG18: but nowG1161 hereG5602 he is comfortedG3870, and thou art in anguish. 26And besides all this, between us and you there is a greatG3173 gulf fixed, that they that wouldG2309 pass from hence to you may not be ableG1410, and that none may cross over from thence to us. 27And he saidG3004, I pray thee thereforeG3767, fatherG3962, that thou wouldest sendG3992 him to my father’sG3962 houseG3624; 28for I have fiveG4002 brethren; that he may testifyG1263 unto them, lestG3361 they alsoG2532 comeG2064 into this placeG5117 of tormentG931. 29But AbrahamG11 saith, They have MosesG3475 and the prophetsG4396; let them hearG191 them. 30And he saidG3004, Nay, fatherG3962 AbrahamG11: but if oneG5100 goG4198 to them from the deadG3498, they will repentG3340. 31And he saidG3004 unto him, If they hearG191 not MosesG3475 and the prophetsG4396, neither will they be persuadedG3982, if oneG5100 riseG450 from the deadG3498.