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Luke 16

  1. 1And 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. 2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward.
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  3. 3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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  4. 4I 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. 5So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owe you unto my lord?
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  6. 6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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  7. 7Then said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take your bill, and write fourscore.
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  8. 8And 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. 9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when all of you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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  10. 10He 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. 11If therefore all of you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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  12. 12And if all of you 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. 13No 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. All of you cannot serve God and mammon.
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  14. 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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  15. 15And he said unto them, All of you are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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  16. 16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.
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  17. 17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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  18. 18Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.
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  19. 19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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  20. 20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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  21. 21And 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. 22And 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. 23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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  24. 24And 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. 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
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  26. 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from behind to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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  27. 27Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house:
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  28. 28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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  29. 29Abraham says unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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  30. 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
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  31. 31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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