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your brother was dead and came
to life, and he was lost and was
found.’ ” a
Then he went on to say also
16 to the disciples: “A certain
man was rich and he had a steward,
b andthisonewasaccusedto
him as handling his goods wastefully.
c 2 So he called him and
said to him, ‘What is this I hear
about you? Hand in the account d
of your stewardship, for you can
no longer manage the house.’
3 Then the steward said to himself,
‘What am I to do, seeing that
my master e will take the stewardshipawayfromme?Iamnot
strong enough to dig, I am
ashamed to beg. 4 Ah! I know
what I shall do, so that, when
I am put out of the stewardship,
people will receive me into
their homes.’ f 5 And calling to
him each one of the debtors of
his master he proceeded to say
to the first, ‘How much are you
owing my master?’ 6 He said,
‘A hundred bath measures of
olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take
your written agreement back
and sit down and quickly write
fifty.’ 7 Next, he said to another
one, ‘Now you, how much are
you owing?’ He said, ‘A hundred
cor measures of wheat.’ He
said to him, ‘Take your written
agreement back and write
eighty.’ 8 And his master commended
the steward, though unrighteous,
because he acted with
practical wisdom; g for the sons of
this system of things are wiser in
a practical way toward their own
generation than the sons of the
light are. h
9 “Also, I say to YOU, Make
friends i for yourselves by means
of the unrighteous riches, j so
that, when such fail, they may
receive YOU into the everlasting
dwelling places. k 10 The person
faithful in what is least
is faithful also in much, and
the person unrighteous in what
is least is unrighteous also
b Ge 15:2
Ge 24:2
c 1Co 4:2
d Mt 18:23
Mt 25:19
1Pe 4:5
e Mt 24:50
f Pr 19:6
g Pr 19:8
h Joh 12:36
Eph 5:8
1Th 5:5
i Ec 11:1
Lu 19:8
j Mt 19:21
Lu 12:20
1Ti 6:17
k Mt 25:34
Joh 14:2
Second Col.
a Mt 25:21
Lu 19:17
b Eph 3:8
Re 3:18
c Lu 12:48
1Co 4:2
d Mt 6:24
e Isa 53:3
f Mt 6:2
Mt 23:28
Lu 10:29
Lu 18:9
g 1Sa 16:7
1Ch 28:9
2Ch 6:30
Pr 15:11
Ac 1:24
h 1Pe 5:5
i Mt 11:13
j Mt 11:12
k Ps 102:26
Heb 1:11
l Mt 5:18
m Mt 5:17
n Mt 5:32
Mt 19:9
Mr 10:11
o Mt 13:34
p Mt 23:5
q Ro 7:4
LUKE 16:1-22 Slave for God. Divorce. Rich man, Lazarus 1312
CHAP. 15 in much. a 11 Therefore, if YOU
a Lu 15:24
CHAP. 16
have not proved yourselves faithful
in connection with the unrighteous
riches, who will entrust
YOU with what is true? b
12 And if YOU have not proved
yourselves faithful in connection
with what is another’s, c who will
give YOU what is for yourselves?
13 No house servant can be a
slave to two masters; for, either
he will hate the one and love the
other, or he will stick to the one
and despise the other. YOU cannot
be slaves to God and to Riches.”
d
14 Now the Pharisees, who
were money lovers, were listening
to all these things,
and they began to sneer at
him. e 15 Consequently he said
to them: “YOU are those who
declare yourselves righteous before
men, f but God knows YOUR
hearts; g because what is lofty
among men is a disgusting thing
in God’s sight. h
16 “The Law and the Prophets
were until John. i From then
on the kingdom of God is being
declared as good news, and
every sort of person is pressing
forward toward it. j 17 Indeed,
it is easier for heaven and earth
to pass away k than for one particle
l of a letter of the Law to go
unfulfilled. m
18 “Everyone that divorces his
wife and marries another commits
adultery, and he that marries
a woman divorced from a
husband commits adultery. n
19 “But a certain man o was
rich, and he used to deck himself
with purple and linen, enjoying
himself from day to day
with magnificence. p 20 But a
certain beggar named Laza·rus
used to be put at his gate, full
of ulcers 21 and desiring to be
filled with the things dropping
from the table of the rich man.
Yes, too, the dogs would come
and lick his ulcers. 22 Now in
course of time the beggar died q