Luke 16
1 Jesus also said to the disciples, “A rich man had a manager, and he was accused before him of wasting his possessions.
2 He called him in and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be manager.’
3 The manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I’ll do, so that when I’m removed from the management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5 So he called in each of his master’s debtors and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 He replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down, and quickly write fifty.’
7 Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty.’
8 And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this age are shrewder in dealing with their own kind than the people of the light.
9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves with unrighteous wealth, so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal dwellings.
10 Whoever is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11 So if you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.”
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, were listening to all these things and sneering at him.
15 He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts. What people hold in high regard is detestable to God.
16 The Law and the Prophets lasted until John. Since then, the good news of the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of the Law to fall.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and anyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”
19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted splendidly every day.
20 A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate.
21 He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 In Hades, amid his torments, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus at his side.
24 Then 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, because I am suffering in this flame.’
25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you received your good things during your life, and Lazarus likewise received bad things. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.
26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, and no one can cross from there to us.’
27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send Lazarus to my father’s house.
28 For I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 He said, ‘No, father Abraham. But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 Abraham replied, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
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