Apr. 28, 29
Luke 16
Luk 16:1 He also said
to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a
manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his
possessions.
Luk 16:2 He called him,
and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an
accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
Luk 16:3 "The
manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is
taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to
dig. I am ashamed to beg.
Luk 16:4 I know what I
will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive
me into their houses.'
Luk 16:5 Calling each
one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do
you owe to my lord?'
Luk 16:6 He said, 'A
hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down
quickly and write fifty.'
Luk 16:7 Then said he
to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of
wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
Luk 16:8 "His lord
commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the
children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the
children of the light.
Luk 16:9 I tell you,
make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that
when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
Luk 16:10 He who is
faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is
dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Luk 16:11 If therefore
you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit
to your trust the true riches?
Luk 16:12 If you have
not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that
which is your own?
Luk 16:13 No servant
can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't
able to serve God and mammon."
Luk 16:14 The
Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and
they scoffed at him.
Luk 16:15 He said to
them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men,
but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an
abomination in the sight of God.
Luk 16:16 The law and
the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the
Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
Luk 16:17 But it is
easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of
a pen in the law to fall.
Luk 16:18 Everyone who
divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who
marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
Luk 16:19 "Now
there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine
linen, living in luxury every day.
Luk 16:20 A certain
beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luk 16:21 and desiring
to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes,
even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luk 16:22 It happened
that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to
Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
Luk 16:23 In Hades, he
lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and
Lazarus at his bosom.
Luk 16:24 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
in anguish in this flame.'
Luk 16:25 "But
Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received
your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now
here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
Luk 16:26 Besides all
this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who
want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross
over from there to us.'
Luk 16:27 "He
said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my
father's house;
Luk 16:28 for I have
five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also come
into this place of torment.'
Luk 16:29 "But
Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them
listen to them.'
Luk 16:30 "He
said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead,
they will repent.'
Luk 16:31 "He said
to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.' "