Luke 16

16And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had ^aa steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. ²And 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. ³Then the ^asteward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. ⁴I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, ^bthey may receive me into their houses. ⁵So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? ⁶And he said, An hundred ^||cmeasures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. ⁷Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred ^||cmeasures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. ⁸And the lord commended ^dthe unjust ^asteward, because he had done wisely: for ^ethe children of this world are in their generation wiser than ^fthe children of light. ⁹And I say unto you, ^gMake to yourselves friends of ^dthe ^||mammon ^dof unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, ^hthey may receive you into everlasting habitations. ¹⁰ⁱHe 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. ¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous ^||mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? ¹²And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? ^13kNo servant can serve two masters: for either he will ^lhate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹⁴And the Pharisees also, ^mwho were covetous, heard all these things: and they ⁿderided him. ¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they which ^ojustify yourselves before men; but ^pGod knoweth your hearts: for ^qthat which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. ^16rThe law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and ^severy man presseth into it. ^17tAnd it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. ^18uWhosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

¹⁹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in ^wpurple and ^xfine linen, and ^yfared sumptuously every day: ²⁰And there was a certain beggar named ^zLazarus, which was ^alaid at his ^bgate, full of sores, ²¹And ^cdesiring to be fed with ^dthe crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. ²²And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by ^ethe angels into Abraham’s ^fbosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; ²³And in ^ghell ^hhe lift up his eyes, being in ⁱtorments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in ^fhis bosom. ²⁴And he cried and said, ^kFather Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool ^lmy tongue; for I ^mam tormented in this ^lflame. ²⁵But Abraham said, Son, ⁿremember that thou in thy lifetime ^oreceivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is ^ocomforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶And 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. ²⁷Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: ²⁸For I have five brethren; that he may ^ptestify unto them, lest they also come into this place of ⁱtorment. ²⁹Abraham saith unto him, They have ^qMoses and the prophets; let them hear them. ³⁰And he said, Nay, ^kfather Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹And he said unto him, ^rIf they hear not ^qMoses and the prophets, ^sneither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.