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[1]And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward, and he was accused unto him, that he wasted his goods.
[2]And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou mayest be no longer steward.
[3]Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do: for my master will take away from me the stewardship? I cannot dig, and to beg I am ashamed.
[4]I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses.
[5]Then called he every one of his master's debtors, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my master?
[6]And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
[7]Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. Then he said to him, Take thy writing, and write four score.
[8]And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
[9]And I say unto you, Make you friends with the riches of iniquity, that when ye shall want, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
[10]He that is faithful in the least, he is also faithful in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
[11]If then ye have not been faithful in the wicked riches, who will trust you in the true treasure?
[12]And if ye have not been faithful in another man's goods, who shall give you that which is yours?
[13]No servant can serve two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and love the other: or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
[14]All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous, and they mocked him.
[15]Then 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.
[16]The Law and the Prophets endured until John: and since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
[17]Now it is more easy that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the Law should fall.
[18]Â Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, commiteth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, commiteth adultery.
[19]Â There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared well and delicately everyday.
[20]Also there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores,
[21]And desired to be refreshed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: yea, and the dogs came and licked his sores.
[22]And it was so that the beggar died, and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
[23]And being in hell in torments, he lift up his eyes, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
[24]Then 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.
[25]But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivest thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus pains: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
[26]Besides all this, between you and us there is a great gulf set, so that they which would go from hence to you, cannot, neither can they come from hence to us.
[27]Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house,
[28](For I have five brethren) that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
[29]Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the Prophets: let them hear them.
[30]And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came unto them from the dead, they will amend their lives.
[31]Then he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rise from the dead again.
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