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Chapter 16
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I
am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their
houses. |
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors
unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my
lord? |
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and
write fifty. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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If therefore ye have not been faithful
in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the
true riches? |
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And if ye have not been faithful in that
which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your
own? |
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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. |
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And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:
and they derided him. |
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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. |
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The law and the prophets were until John:
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man
presseth into it. |
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to
pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. |
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Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that
is put away from her husband committeth adultery. |
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There was a certain rich man, which was
clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every
day: |
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And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, |
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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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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; |
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And in hell he lift up his eyes, being
in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: |
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify
unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. |
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Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses
and the prophets; let them hear them. |
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And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if
one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. |
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And he said unto him, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though
one rose from the dead. |