Worsley - Luke - 16

16:1  And He said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.

16:2  And he called him, and said unto him, What is this I hear of thee? give up the accounts of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

16:3  And the steward said in himself, What shall I do? now my master takes away the stewardship from me; I am not able to work, and I am ashamed to beg.

16:4  I know what I will do, that when I am turned out of my place, they may receive me into their houses.

16:5  So he called his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my master? and he said, an hundred baths of oil.

16:6  And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down and write but fifty.

16:7  Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? and he said, an hundred measures of wheat: and he said to him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

16:8  And his master commended the dishonest steward as having acted prudently: for the men of this world are as to their affairs wiser than the children of light.

16:9  And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends with these unrighteous treasures, that when they fail, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.

16:10  He, that is faithful in the lest, is faithful also in much: and he, that is unjust in the lest, is unjust also in much.

16:11  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the false riches, who will intrust you with the true?

16:12  and if ye have not been faithful in that which was another's, who will give you that which is your own?

16:13  No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

16:14  And the pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things; and derided Him.

16:15  And He said unto them, Ye justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

16:16  The law and the prophets continued until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presseth into it.

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

16:18  Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

16:19  Now there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, living voluptuously and splendidly every day.

16:20  And there was a poor man named Lazarus,

16:21  who was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the poor man died,

16:22  and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.

16:23  And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24  And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity 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  And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life-time, and likewise Lazarus his evils: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

16:26  And besides, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you; so that they, who would pass from hence to you, cannot; nor can they pass to us, who would come from thence.

16:27  Then he said, Therefore I intreat thee, Father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:

16:28  for I have five brethren; that he may testify to them my misery, least they also come into this place of torment.

16:29  Abraham answered him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them:

16:30  and he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent.

16:31  And he replied, If they hearken not to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one should rise from the dead.