“1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man,
which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had
wasted his goods. 2 And 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. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall
I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to
beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of
the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called
every one of his lord’s debtors [unto him], and said unto the first, How
much owest thou unto my lord? 6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write
fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said,
An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he
had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,
they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He 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. 11 If therefore ye have not
been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust
the true [riches]? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is
another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? 13 No servant
can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,
heard all these things: and they derided him. 15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your
hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in
the sight of God. 16 The law and the prophets [were] until John: since
that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into
it. 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of
the law to fail. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put
away from [her] husband committeth adultery.”
“19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table:
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass,
that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s
bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up
his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in
his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and
cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said,
Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and
likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art
tormented. 26 And 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. 27 Then he
said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father’s house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith
unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And
he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead,
they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead.” (Luke 16:1-31 AV)
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