Luke 16
16Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.G1161G3004G2532G4314G846G3101G2258G5100G4145G444G3739G2192G3623G2532G3778G1225G846G5613G1287G846G52242So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.'G2532G5455G846G2036G846G5101G191G5124G4012G4675G591G3056G4675G3622G1063G1410G3756G2089G36213Then the manager said to himself, 'What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.G1161G3623G2036G1722G1438G5101G4160G3754G3450G2962G851G575G1700G3622G3756G2480G4626G1871G1534I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.'G1097G5101G4160G2443G3752G3179G3622G1209G3165G1519G846G36245So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'G2532G4341G1538G1520G1438G2962G5533G3004G4413G4214G3784G3450G29626He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.'G1161G2036G1540G943G1637G2532G2036G846G1209G4675G1121G2532G2523G5030G1125G40047Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and make it eighty.'G1899G2036G2087G1161G4214G3784G4771G1161G2036G1540G2884G4621G2532G3004G846G1209G4675G1121G2532G1125G35898And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.G2532G2962G1867G93G3623G3754G4160G5430G3754G5207G5127G165G1526G1519G1438G1074G5429G5228G5207G54579And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.G2504G3004G5213G4160G1438G5384G1537G3126G93G2443G3752G1587G1209G5209G1519G166G463310"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.G4103G1722G1646G2076G4103G2532G1722G4183G2532G94G1722G1646G2076G94G2532G1722G418311If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?G1487G3767G1096G3756G1096G4103G1722G94G3126G5101G4100G5213G4100G22812And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?G2532G1487G1096G3756G1096G4103G1722G245G5101G1325G5213G521213No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."G3762G3610G1410G1398G1417G2962G1063G2228G3404G1520G2532G25G2087G2228G472G1520G2532G2706G2087G3756G1410G1398G2316G2532G312614The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.G1161G5330G2532G5225G5366G191G3956G5023G2532G1592G84615So he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.G2532G2036G846G5210G2075G1344G1438G1799G444G1161G2316G1097G5216G2588G3754G5308G1722G444G2076G946G1799G231616"The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.G3551G2532G4396G2193G2491G575G5119G932G2316G2097G2532G3956G971G1519G84617But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.G1161G2076G2123G3772G2532G1093G3928G2228G3391G2762G3551G409818"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.G3956G630G846G1135G2532G1060G2087G3431G2532G3956G1060G630G575G435G343119"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.G1161G2258G5100G4145G444G2532G1737G4209G2532G1040G2165G2988G2596G225020And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,G1161G2258G5100G4434G3686G2976G3739G906G4314G846G4440G166921who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.G2532G1937G5526G575G5589G3588G4098G575G4145G5132G235G2532G2965G2064G621G846G166822The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.G1161G1096G4434G599G2532G667G5259G32G1519G11G2859G4145G1161G2532G599G2532G229023In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.G2532G1722G86G1869G846G3788G5225G1722G931G3708G11G3113G575G2532G2976G1722G846G285924He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.'G2532G846G5455G2036G3962G11G1653G3165G2532G3992G2976G2443G911G206G846G1147G5204G2532G2711G3450G1100G3754G3600G1722G5026G539525But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.G1161G11G2036G5043G3415G3754G4771G1722G4675G2222G618G4675G18G2532G3668G2976G2556G1161G3568G3592G3870G1161G4771G360026Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'G2532G1909G3956G5125G3342G2257G2532G5216G4741G3173G5490G4741G3704G2309G1224G1782G4314G5209G3361G1410G3366G1276G4314G2248G156427He said, 'Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house—G1161G2036G2065G4571G3767G3962G2443G3992G846G1519G3450G3962G362428for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.'G1063G2192G4002G80G3704G1263G846G3363G846G2532G2064G1519G5126G5117G93129Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'G11G3004G846G2192G3475G2532G4396G191G84630He said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'G1161G2036G3780G3962G11G235G1437G5100G4198G4314G846G575G3498G334031He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"G1161G2036G846G1487G191G3756G3475G2532G4396G3761G3982G1437G5100G450G1537G3498
Columbus, OH
