1: 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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2: 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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4: 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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5: 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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6: 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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7: 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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8: 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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9: 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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10: 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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11: If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches? |
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12: 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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13: 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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14: And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:
and they derided him. |
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15: 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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16: 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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17: And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail. |
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18: 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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19: There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day: |
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20: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his
gate, full of sores, |
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21: 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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22: 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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23: 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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24: 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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25: 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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26: 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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27: Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house: |
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28: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment. |
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29: Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them. |
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30: And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent. |
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31: And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. |