路加福音 16

不义的管家

1 耶稣又对门徒说：“某财主有一个管家，有人向主人告管家浪费他的财物。 2 主人叫他来，对他说：‘我听到了，你做的是什么事？把你所经管的交代清楚，你不能再作我的管家了。’ 3 那管家心里说：‘主人辞我，不用我再作管家，我将来做什么呢？锄地嘛，没有力气；讨饭嘛，怕羞。 4 我知道怎么做，好叫人们在我不作管家之后，接我到他们家里去。’ 5 于是他把欠他主人债的，一个一个地叫了来，问头一个说：‘你欠我主人多少？’ 6 他说：‘一百篓t油。’管家对他说：‘拿你的账，快坐下，写五十。’ 7 他问另一个说：‘你欠多少？’他说：‘一百石麦子。’管家对他说：‘拿你的账，写八十。’ 8 主人就夸奖这不义的管家做事精明，因为今世之子应付自己的世代比光明之子更加精明。 9 我又告诉你们，要藉着那不义的钱财结交朋友，到了钱财无用的时候，他们可以接你们到永远的住处t去。 10 人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心；在最小的事上不义，在大事上也不义。 11 若是你们在不义的钱财上不忠心，谁还把那真实的钱财托付你们呢？ 12 如果你们在别人的东西上不忠心，谁还把你们自己的东西给你们呢？ 13 一个仆人不能服侍两个主；他不是恨这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又服侍上帝，又服侍玛门t。”

律法和上帝的国

（太5．31－32；11．12－13；可10．11－12）

14 法利赛人是贪爱钱财的；他们听见这一切话，就嘲笑耶稣。 15 耶稣对他们说：“你们是在人面前自称为义的，你们的心，上帝却知道；因为人以为尊贵的，是上帝看为可憎恶的。 16 律法和先知到约翰为止，从此上帝国的福音传开了，人人努力要进去。 17 天地废去比律法的一点一画落空还要容易。 18 凡休妻另娶的，就是犯奸淫；娶被丈夫休了的妇人的，也是犯奸淫。”

财主和拉撒路

19 “有一个财主穿着紫色袍和细麻布衣服，天天奢华宴乐。 20 又有一个讨饭的，名叫拉撒路，浑身长疮，被人放在财主门口， 21 想得财主桌子上掉下来的碎食充饥，甚至还有狗来舔他的疮。 22 后来那讨饭的死了，被天使带去放在亚伯拉罕的怀里。财主也死了，并且埋葬了。 23 他在阴间受苦，举目远远地望见亚伯拉罕，又望见拉撒路在他怀里， 24 他就喊着说：‘我祖亚伯拉罕哪，可怜我吧！请打发拉撒路来，用指头尖蘸点水，凉凉我的舌头，因为我在这火焰里，极其痛苦。’ 25 亚伯拉罕说：‘孩子啊，你该回想你生前享过福，拉撒路也同样受过苦，如今他在这里得安慰，你却受痛苦。 26 除此之外，在你们和我们之间，有深渊隔开，以致人要从这边过到你们那边是不可能的；要从那边过到这边也是不可能的。’ 27 财主说：‘我祖啊，既然这样，求你打发拉撒路到我父家去， 28 因为我还有五个兄弟，他可以警告他们，免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。’ 29 亚伯拉罕说：‘他们有摩西和先知的话可以听从。’ 30 他说：‘不！我祖亚伯拉罕哪，假如有一个人从死人中到他们那里去，他们一定会悔改。’ 31 亚伯拉罕对他说：‘如果他们不听从摩西和先知的话，就是有人从死人中复活，他们也不会信服的。’”

LUKE 16

A Dishonest Manager

1 Jesus said to his disciples:
A rich man once had a manager to take care of his business. But he was told that his manager was wasting money.

2 So the rich man called him in and said, “What is this I hear about you? Tell me what you have done! You are no longer going to work for me.”
3 The manager said to himself, “What shall I do now that my master is going to fire me? I can't dig ditches, and I'm ashamed to beg.

4 I know what I'll do, so that people will welcome me into their homes after I've lost my job.”

5 Then one by one he called in the people who were in debt to his master. He asked the first one, “How much do you owe my master?”

6 “A hundred barrels of olive oil,” the man answered.
So the manager said, “Take your bill and sit down and quickly write ‘50.’ ”

7 The manager asked someone else who was in debt to his master, “How much do you owe?”
“A thousand sackst of wheat,” the man replied.
The manager said, “Take your bill and write ‘800.’ ”

8 The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.
9  t My disciples, I tell you to use wicked wealth to make friends for yourselves. Then when it is gone, you will be welcomed into an eternal home. 10 Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters. 11 If you cannot be trusted with this wicked wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? 12 And if you cannot be trusted with what belongs to someone else, who will give you something that will be your own?

13 t You cannot be the slave of two masters. You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than to the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Some Sayings of Jesus

(Matthew 11.12,13; 5.31,32; Mark 10.11,12)

14 The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

15 But Jesus told them:
You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned.
16  t Until the time of John the Baptist, people had to obey the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets.t But since God's kingdom has been preached, everyone is trying hard to get in.

17 t Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter of the Law does.

18  t It is a terrible sint for a man to divorce his wife and marry another woman. It is also a terrible sin for a man to marry a divorced woman.

Lazarus and the Rich Man

19 There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food. 20 But a poor beggar named Lazarus was brought to the gate of the rich man's house. 21 He was happy just to eat the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. His body was covered with sores, and dogs kept coming up to lick them.

22 t The poor man died, and angels took him to the place of honor next to Abraham.t
The rich man also died and was buried. 23 t He went to hellt and was suffering terribly. When he looked up and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side,

24 he said to Abraham, “Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and touch my tongue. I'm suffering terribly in this fire.”
25 Abraham answered, “My friend, remember that while you lived, you had everything good, and Lazarus had everything bad. Now he is happy, and you are in pain.

26 And besides, there is a deep ditch between us, and no one from either side can cross over.”
27 But the rich man said, “Abraham, then please send Lazarus to my father's home.

28 Let him warn my five brothers, so they won't come to this horrible place.”

29 Abraham answered, “Your brothers can read what Moses and the prophetst wrote. They should pay attention to that.”

30 Then the rich man said, “No, that's not enough! If only someone from the dead would go to them, they would listen and turn to God.”
31 So Abraham said, “If they won't pay attention to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even to someone who comes back from the dead.”