RKJNT - Luke - 16

16:1  And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that the steward was wasting his goods.

16:2  And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may no longer be steward.

16:3  Then the steward said to himself, What shall I do? for my lord is taking away my stewardship: I am not strong enough to dig; and I am ashamed to beg.

16:4  I know what to do, so that when I am put out of the stewardship, people will receive me into their houses.

16:5  So he called in every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?

16:6  And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

16:7  Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.

16:8  And the lord commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted shrewdly: for the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with own kind than are the children of light.

16:9  And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using worldly wealth; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal habitations.

16:10  He who is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he who is dishonest in the least is also dishonest in much.

16:11  Therefore, if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

16:12  And if you have not been faithful with that which is another man's, who shall give you possessions of your own?

16:13  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. You cannot serve God and money.

16:14  The Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

16:15  And he said to them, You justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

16:16  The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man forces his way into it.

16:17  And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fail.

16:18  Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

16:19  There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:

16:20  And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

16:21  And he longed to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

16:22  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;

16:23  And in Hades he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24  And he cried out, 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.

16:25  But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

16:26  And beside all this, between us and you a great gulf has been fixed: so that those who would pass from here to you cannot; nor can any pass over from there to us.

16:27  He said, Then I beg you, father, that you would send him to my father's house:

16:28  For I have five brothers. Have him warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

16:29  Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

16:30  And he said, No, father Abraham: but if someone went to them from the dead, they will repent.

16:31  And he said to him, If they will not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.