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[1]And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes |
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[2]And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde |
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[3]The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed |
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[4]I wote what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardshippe, they may receaue me into their houses |
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[5]So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister |
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[6]And he sayde, an hundreth measures of oyle. And he sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and syt downe quickely, and write fiftie |
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[7]Then sayde he to another: Howe much owest thou? And he sayde, an hundreth measures of wheate. He sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and write fourescore |
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[8]And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght |
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[9]And I saye vnto you, make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammo, that when ye shall haue neede, they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations |
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[10]He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much |
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[11]So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure |
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[12]And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse, who shall geue you that which is your owne |
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[13]No man can serue two maisters: For either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els, he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God, and Mammon |
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[14]All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym |
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[15]And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God |
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[16]The lawe & the prophetes [raigned] vntyll Iohn, and sence that tyme, the kyngdome of God is preached, & euery man stryueth to go in |
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[17]Easyer is it for heauen and earth to perishe, the one title of the lawe to faile |
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[18]Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe, and marieth another, committeth adulterie. And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande, committeth adulterie [also. |
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[19]Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day |
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[20]And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores |
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[21]And desiring to be refresshed with the crumbes which fell from ye riche mans boorde [And no man gaue vnto hym]: but the dogges came and licked his sores |
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[22]And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed |
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[23]And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome |
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[24]And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe |
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[25]But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented |
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[26]Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs |
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[27]Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house |
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[28]For I haue fyue brethren, that he may witnesse vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment |
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[29]Abraham sayde vnto hym: they haue Moyses and the prophetes, let them heare them |
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[30]And he sayde, nay father Abraham: but yf one come vnto them from the dead, they wyll repent |
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[31]He sayde vnto hym: If they heare not Moyses & the prophetes, neither wyll they beleue, though one rose from death agayne |