16:1 And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and an accusation was made to him that this man had wasted his goods.
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16:2 And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship: for you may no longer be steward.
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16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master takes from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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16:4 I have resolved what to do, so that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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16:5 So he called each of his master's debtors, and said to the first, How much do you owe to my master?
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16:6 And he said, One hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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16:7 Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, One hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.
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16:8 And the master 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.
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16:9 And I say to you*, Make for yourselves* friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; so that when you* fail, they may receive you* into everlasting habitations.
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16:10 He who is faithful in that which is least, is also faithful in much; and he who is unjust in the least, is also unjust in much.
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16:11 If therefore you* have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your* trust the true riches?
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16:12 And if you* have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you* that which is your* own?
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16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You* cannot serve Elohim and mammon.
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16:14 And the Pharisees, who were covetous, also heard all these things, and they derided him.
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16:15 And he said to them, You* are those who justify yourselves* before men; but Elohim knows your* hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of Elohim.
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16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of Elohim is preached, and every man presses into it.
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16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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16:18 Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is put away from her husband, commits adultery.
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16:19 There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
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16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried:
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16:23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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16:24 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
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16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your life-time receivedst your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
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16:26 And besides all this, between us and you* there is a great gulf fixed: so that those who would pass from here to you*, cannot; neither can they pass to us, who would come from there.
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16:27 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house:
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16:28 For I have five brothers; so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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16:29 Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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16:30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one shall go to them from the dead, they will repent.
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16:31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one shall rise from the dead.