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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 I am resolved what to
do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
05 So he called every one
of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the
first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
06 And he said, An hundred
measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy
bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 If therefore ye have not
been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been
faithful in that which is another man's, who
shall give you that which is your own?
13 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.
14 And the Pharisees also, who
were covetous, heard all these things: and they
derided him.
15 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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16 The law and the prophets
were until John: since that time the kingdom of
God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17 And it is easier for
heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
18 Whosoever putteth away
his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put
away from her husband committeth adultery.
19 There was a certain rich
man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate,
full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed
with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and licked his
sores.
22 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;
23 And in hell he lift up
his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 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.
25 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.
26 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.
27 Then he said, I pray
thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house:
28 For I have five
brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him,
They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.
30 And he said, Nay, father
Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead,
they will repent.
31 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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