Luke 16

₁He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. ₂And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ ₃And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. ₄I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ ₅So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ₆He said, ‘A hundred measuresof oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ ₇Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measuresof wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ₈The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this worldare more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. ₉And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth,so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

₁₀“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. ₁₁If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? ₁₂And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? ₁₃No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

₁₄The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. ₁₅And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

₁₆“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. ₁₇But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

₁₈“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

₁₉“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. ₂₀And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ₂₁who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ₂₂The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.The rich man also died and was buried, ₂₃and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ₂₄And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ ₂₅But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. ₂₆And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ ₂₇And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— ₂₈for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ ₂₉But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ ₃₀And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ ₃₁He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”