25.
Teaching to be prudent stewards
16:1-13
Luke 16
:1
16:1
1And He said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a
2steward, and this one was accused to him of squandering his possessions.
Luke 16
:2
16:2
And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear concerning you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.
Luke 16
:3
16:3
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to
1dig; I am ashamed to
2beg.
Luke 16
:4
16:4
I know what I will do so that when I am removed from the stewardship they may
1receive me into their own houses.
Luke 16
:5
16:5
And when he had called to
him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?
Luke 16
:6
16:6
And he said, A hundred
1measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.
Luke 16
:7
16:7
Then to another he said, And you, how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred
1measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.
Luke 16
:8
16:8
And the master praised the
aunrighteous steward because he had acted
1prudently; for the
2sons of
bthis age are more
cprudent in their dealings with their own generation than the
3sons of
dlight.
Luke 16
:9
16:9
And I say to you,
1Make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of
2unrighteousness, so that when it
3fails, they may receive you into the
4aeternal tabernacles.
Luke 16
:10
16:10
He who is
afaithful in the
1least is faithful also in
1much; and he who is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
Luke 16
:11
16:11
If therefore you have not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is
1true?
Luke 16
:12
16:12
And if you have not become faithful in that which belongs to
1another, who will give to you that which is
2your own?
Luke 16
:13
16:13
No household servant can
1serve atwo masters; for either he will hate the one and
2love the other, or he will
2hold to one and despise the other. You cannot
1serve God and
3mammon.
26.
Teaching concerning the entrance into the kingdom of God
16:14-18
Luke 16
:14
16:14
And the
aPharisees, being
blovers of money, heard all these things and
1were csneering at Him.
Luke 16
:15
16:15
And He said to them, You are those who
ajustify yourselves in the
bsight of men, but God knows your
chearts; for that which is exalted among men is an
1dabomination in the sight of God.
Luke 16
:16
16:16
The 1law and the prophets were
2until John; from that time the
3kingdom of God is proclaimed as the
4gospel, and everyone
5aforces his way into it.
Luke 16
:17
16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to
apass away than for one
1serif of the law to
2fail.
Luke 16
:18
16:18
Everyone who
1adivorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from
her husband commits
badultery.
27.
Warning the rich
16:19-31
Luke 16
:19
16:19
Now there was
1a certain rich man, and he clothed himself in
apurple and fine linen, making merry every day in splendor.
Luke 16
:20
16:20
And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores
Luke 16
:21
16:21
And longing to be
asatisfied with the things falling from the rich man's
btable; moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16
:22
16:22
And the beggar died, and he was carried away by the
aangels into
1Abraham's
bbosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16
:23
16:23
And in
1aHades he lifted up his eyes, being in
btorment, and saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16
:24
16:24
And he called out and said,
aFather Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my
btongue, because I am in anguish in this
cflame.
Luke 16
:25
16:25
But Abraham said, Child, remember that in your lifetime you fully received your good things, and Lazarus likewise bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
Luke 16
:26
16:26
And besides all these things, between us and you a great
1chasm is fixed, so that those wanting to pass from here to you cannot, neither from there to us may
any cross over.
Luke 16
:27
16:27
And he said, Then I ask you, Father, to send him to the house of my father —
Luke 16
:28
16:28
For I have five brothers — so that he may solemnly testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
Luke 16
:29
16:29
But Abraham said, They have
1aMoses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16
:30
16:30
But he said, No, Father Abraham; but if someone
risen from the dead would go to them, they will repent.
Luke 16
:31
16:31
But he said to him, If they do
1not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.
