CHAPTER 16
Jesus also said
to
His
disciples,
“There was
a
rich
man
whose
manager
was accused of
wasting
his
possessions.
So
he called
him in
to ask,
‘What is
this
I hear
about
you?
Turn in
an
account
of
your
management,
for
you cannot
be manager
any longer.’
The
manager
said
to
himself,
‘What
shall I do,
now that
my
master
is taking
away
my
position?
I am too weak
to dig
and too ashamed
to beg.
I know
what
I will do,
so that
after
my removal
from
management,
people will welcome
me
into
their
homes...’
And
he called in
each
one
of his
master’s
debtors.
‘How much
do you owe
my
master?’
he asked
the
first.
‘A hundred
measures
of olive oil,’
he answered.
‘Take
your
bill,’
said the manager.
‘Sit down
quickly,
and write
fifty.’
Then
he asked
another,
‘And
how much
do you
owe?’
‘A hundred
measures
of wheat,’
he replied.
‘Take
your
bill
and
write
eighty,’
he told
him.
The
master
commended
the
dishonest
manager
because
he had acted
shrewdly.
For
the
sons
of this
age
are
more shrewd
in dealing with
their own
kind
than are
the
sons
of light.
I
tell
you,
use
worldly
wealth
to make
friends
for yourselves,
so that
when
it is gone,
they will welcome
you
into
eternal
dwellings.
Whoever
is faithful
with
very little
will
also
be faithful
with
much,
and
whoever
is dishonest
with
very little
will
also
be dishonest
with
much.
And
if
you have not been
faithful
with
the belongings
of another,
who
will give
you
belongings
of your own?
No
servant
can
serve
two
masters.
Either
he will hate
the
one
and
love
the
other,
or
he will be devoted to
the one
and
despise
the
other.
You cannot
serve
both God
and
money."
So
He said
to them,
“You
are
the ones who
justify
yourselves
before
men,
but
God
knows
your
hearts.
For
what
is prized
among
men
is detestable
before
God.
The
Law
and
the
Prophets were proclaimed
until
John.
Since
that time,
the gospel
of the kingdom
of God
is being preached,
and
everyone
is forcing his way
into
it.
But
it is
easier for
heaven
and
earth
to pass away
than for
a single
stroke of a pen
to drop out
of the
Law.
Everyone
who
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another woman
commits adultery,
and
he who
marries
a divorced woman
commits adultery.
Now
there was
a
rich
man
dressed in
purple
and
fine linen,
who lived each day in joyous
splendor.
and
longing
to be fed
with
the
crumbs that fell
from
the
rich man’s
table.
Even
the
dogs
came
and licked
his
sores.
One day
the
beggar
died
and
was carried
by
the
angels
to
Abraham’s
side.
And
the
rich man
also
died
and
was buried.
In
Hades,
where he was
in
torment,
he looked up
and saw
Abraham
from
afar,
with
Lazarus
by
his
side.
So
he
cried out,
‘Father
Abraham,
have mercy on
me
and
send
Lazarus
to
dip
the
tip
of
his
finger
in water
and
cool
my
tongue.
For
I am in agony
in
this
fire.'
But
Abraham
answered,
‘Child,
remember
that
during
your
lifetime
you received
your
good
things,
while
Lazarus
received
bad things.
But
now
he is comforted
here,
while
you
are left to suffer.
And
besides
all
this,
a great
chasm
has been fixed
between
us
and
you,
so that even
those who
wish
cannot
cross
from here
to
you,
nor
can anyone cross
from there
to
us.'
for
I have
five
brothers.
Let him warn
them
so
they
will not also end up
in
this
place
of torment.’
Then
Abraham said
to him,
‘If
they do not listen to
Moses
and
the
prophets,
they will not be persuaded even
if
someone
rises
from
the dead.’”