Luke 16
1 And he also said to his disciples: A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods.2 And he called him and said to him: What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg.4 I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.5 And so, calling together each one of his lords debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?6 So he said, One hundred jars of oil. And he said to him, Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.7 Next, he said to another, In truth, how much do you owe? And he said, One hundred measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your record books, and write eighty.8 And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.9 And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.10 Whoever is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is greater. And whoever is unjust in what is small, is also unjust in what is greater.11 So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?13 No servant is able to serve two lords. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.14 But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.15 And he said to them: You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of men. But God knows your hearts. For what is lifted up by men is an abomination in the sight of God.16 The law and the prophets were until John. Since then, the kingdom of God is being evangelized, and everyone acts with violence toward it.17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away.18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery.19 A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day.20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, covered with sores,21 wanting to be filled with the crumbs which were falling from the wealthy mans table. But no one gave it to him. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.22 Then it happened that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into the bosom of Abraham. Now the wealthy man also died, and he was entombed in Hell.23 Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.24 And crying out, he said: Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to refresh my tongue. For I am tortured in this fire.25 And Abraham said to him: Son, recall that you received good things in your life, and in comparison, Lazarus received bad things. But now he is consoled, and truly you are tormented.26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chaos has been established, so that those who might want to cross from here to you are not able, nor can someone cross from there to here.27 And he said: Then, father, I beg you to send him to my fathers house, for I have five brothers,28 so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.30 So he said: No, father Abraham. But if someone were to go to them from the dead, they would repent.31 But he said to him: If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe even if someone has resurrected from the dead.
Luke 16
The Parable of the Clever Steward
1 Jesust also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusationst that his managers was wastingt his assets.2 Sot he called the managert in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you?s Turn in the account of your administration,t because you can no longer be my manager.’3 Thent the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my positiont away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig,t and I’m too ashamedts to beg.4 I knowt what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’s5 Sot he contactedt his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’6 The mant replied, ‘A hundred measuress of olive oil.’ The managert said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’s7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second mant replied, ‘A hundred measuress of wheat.’ The managert said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’s8 Thet master commended the dishonests manager because he acted shrewdly.s For the peoplet of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporariest than the peoplet of light.
9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth,t so that when it runs out you will be welcomeds into the eternal homes.t
10 “The one who is faithful in a very littles is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.11 If then you haven’t been trustworthyt in handling worldly wealth,t who will entrust you with the true riches?s12 And if you haven’t been trustworthyt with someone else’s property,t who will give you your ownt?
13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hates the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despiset the other. You cannot serve God and money.”ts
More Warnings about the Pharisees
14 The Phariseess (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculedt him.
15 Butt Jesust said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes,t but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prizedt among men is utterly detestablet in God’s sight.
16 “The law and the prophets were in forcet until John;s since then,s the good news of the kingdom of Gods has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it.t
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a lettert in the law to become void.t
18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marriess someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purples and fine linen and who feasted sumptuouslyt every day.20 But at his gate layt a poor man named Lazaruss whose body was covered with sores,t
21 who longed to eatt what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogst came and lickeds his sores.
22 “Nowt the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.t Thet rich man also died and was buried.s23 And in hell,s as he was in torment,s he looked upt and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.t24 Sot he called out,t ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazaruss to dip the tip of his fingers in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguisht in this fire.’s25 But Abraham said, ‘Child,t remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.t26 Besides all this,t a great chasms has been fixed between us,t so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’27 Sot the rich mant said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarust to my father’s house28 (for I have five brothers) to warns them so that they don’t comet into this place of torment.’29 But Abraham said,t ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond tot them.’30 Thent the rich mant said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the deads goes to them, they will repent.’
31 Het replied to him, ‘If they do not respond tot Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”s