路加福音 16

不义的管家

1 耶稣又对门徒说：“有一个财主的管家，有人在他主人面前告他浪费主人的财物。2 主人把他叫来，对他说：‘我听见关于你的是怎么一回事呢？把你管理的帐目交代清楚，因为你不能再作管家了。’3 那管家心里说：‘主人不要我再作管家了，我作甚么才好呢？锄地吧，没有力气！讨饭吧，怕羞！4 我知道要怎么作了，好使人在我离开管家的职务以后，接我到他们家里去。’5 于是把欠他主人债的人，一个一个地叫来，问头一个说：‘你欠我主人多少？’6 他说：‘四千公升油。’管家说：‘拿你的欠单去，快坐下写二千。’7 又问一个说：‘你欠多少？’他说：‘四万公升麦子。’管家说：‘拿你的欠单去，写三万。’8 主人就夸奖这不义的管家作事机警；因为在应付自己的世事上，今世之子比光明之子更精明。9 我告诉你们，要用不义的钱财去结交朋友，好叫钱财无用的时候，他们可以接你们到永恒的帐棚里。10 在最小的事上忠心的，在大事上也忠心；在最小的事上不义的，在大事上也不义。11 如果你们在不义的钱财上不忠心，谁还把真实的钱财讬付给你们呢？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交给你们呢？
不能服事两个主人13 “一个家仆不能服事两个主人；他若不是恨这个爱那个，就是忠于这个轻视那个。你们不能服事 神，又服事金钱。”14 贪财的法利赛人听见这些话，就嗤笑耶稣。15 耶稣对他们说：“你们在人面前自称为义， 神却知道你们的心；因为人所高举的， 神却看作是可憎恶的。16 律法和先知到约翰就结束了。从此， 神的国的福音就传开了，人人都要努力进去。17 天地过去，要比律法的一点一画失效还容易呢。18 凡休妻另娶的，就犯了奸淫；娶被丈夫所休的，也是犯了奸淫。
财主与拉撒路19 “有一个财主，身穿紫色袍和细麻衣，天天奢华宴乐。20 又有一个乞丐，名叫拉撒路，满身是疮，被人放在财主门口，21 想得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥；并且有狗来舔他的疮。22 后来乞丐死了，被天使送到亚伯拉罕的怀里。那财主也死了，并且埋葬了。23 财主在阴间受痛苦，举目远远望见亚伯拉罕，和他怀里的拉撒路，24 就喊着说：‘我祖亚伯拉罕啊，可怜我吧！打发拉撒路来用指头蘸点水，凉凉我的舌头吧！因为我在这火燄里非常痛苦。’25 亚伯拉罕说：‘孩子，你应该回想你生前享过福，同样拉撒路受过苦，现在他在这里得安慰，你却要受苦了。26 不但这样，我们与你们之间，有深渊隔开，人想从这边过到你们那里是不可能的，从那边过到我们这边也是不可能的。’27 那人说：‘我祖啊，那么求你差遣拉撒路到我家里去，28 因为我有五个兄弟，他可以警告他们，免得他们也到这受苦的地方来。’29 亚伯拉罕说：‘他们有摩西和先知可以听从。’30 他说：‘不然，我祖亚伯拉罕啊，如果有人从死人中复活，到他们那里去，他们必定会悔改。’31 亚伯拉罕说：‘如果他们不听从摩西和先知，就算有一个从死人中复活的人，他们也不会接受劝告。’”

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