1And 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.
2And 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.
3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig, and to beg I am ashamed.
4I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5Then called he unto him everyone of his master’s debtors, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my master?
6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7Then 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 fourscore.
8And 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.
9And I say unto you, Make you friends with the riches of iniquity, that when ye shall want, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10He 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.
11If then ye have not been faithful in the wicked riches, who will trust you in the true treasure?
12And if ye have not been faithful in another man’s goods, who shall give you that which is yours?
13No 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.
14All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous, and they scoffed at him.
15Then 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.
16The Law and the Prophets endured until John: and since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17Now it is more easy that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the Law should fall.
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, commiteth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, commiteth adultery.
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared well and delicately every day.
20Also there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores,
21And desired to be refreshed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table: yea, and the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And 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.
23And being in hell in torments, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24Then 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.
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus pains: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
26Besides 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 thence to us.
27Then 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.
29Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the Prophets: let them hear them.
30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came unto them from the dead, they will amend their lives.
31Then he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rise from the dead again.