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The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

16Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.G1161G3004G2532G4314G846G3101G2258G5100G4145G444G3739G2192G3623G2532G3778G1225G846G5613G1287G846G5224 2So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'G2532G5455G846G2036G846G5101G191G5124G4012G4675G591G3056G4675G3622G1063G1410G3756G2089G3621 3"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg—G1161G3623G2036G1722G1438G5101G4160G3754G3450G2962G851G575G1700G3622G3756G2480G4626G1871G153 4I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'G1097G5101G4160G2443G3752G3179G3622G1209G3165G1519G846G3624 5"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'G2532G4341G1538G1520G1438G2962G5533G3004G4413G4214G3784G3450G2962 6"'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'G1161G2036G1540G943G1637G2532G2036G846G1209G4675G1121G2532G2523G5030G1125G4004 7"Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' "'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'G1899G2036G2087G1161G4214G3784G4771G1161G2036G1540G2884G4621G2532G3004G846G1209G4675G1121G2532G1125G3589 8"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.G2532G2962G1867G93G3623G3754G4160G5430G3754G5207G5127G165G1526G1519G1438G1074G5429G5228G5207G5457 9I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.G2504G3004G5213G4160G1438G5384G1537G3126G93G2443G3752G1587G1209G5209G1519G166G4633 10"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.G4103G1722G1646G2076G4103G2532G1722G4183G2532G94G1722G1646G2076G94G2532G1722G4183 11So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?G1487G3767G1096G3756G1096G4103G1722G94G3126G5101G4100G5213G4100G228 12And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?G2532G1487G1096G3756G1096G4103G1722G245G5101G1325G5213G5212 13"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."G3762G3610G1410G1398G1417G2962G1063G2228G3404G1520G2532G25G2087G2228G472G1520G2532G2706G2087G3756G1410G1398G2316G2532G3126 14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.G1161G5330G2532G5225G5366G191G3956G5023G2532G1592G846 15He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.G2532G2036G846G5210G2075G1344G1438G1799G444G1161G2316G1097G5216G2588G3754G5308G1722G444G2076G946G1799G2316

Additional Teachings

16"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.G3551G2532G4396G2193G2491G575G5119G932G2316G2097G2532G3956G971G1519G846 17It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.G1161G2076G2123G3772G2532G1093G3928G2228G3391G2762G3551G4098 18"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.G3956G630G846G1135G2532G1060G2087G3431G2532G3956G1060G630G575G435G3431

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.G1161G2258G5100G4145G444G2532G1737G4209G2532G1040G2165G2988G2596G2250 20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with soresG1161G2258G5100G4434G3686G2976G3739G906G4314G846G4440G1669 21and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.G2532G1937G5526G575G5589G3588G4098G575G4145G5132G235G2532G2965G2064G621G846G1668 22"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.G1161G1096G4434G599G2532G667G5259G32G1519G11G2859G4145G1161G2532G599G2532G2290 23In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.G2532G1722G86G1869G846G3788G5225G1722G931G3708G11G3113G575G2532G2976G1722G846G2859 24So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'G2532G846G5455G2036G3962G11G1653G3165G2532G3992G2976G2443G911G206G846G1147G5204G2532G2711G3450G1100G3754G3600G1722G5026G5395 25"But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.G1161G11G2036G5043G3415G3754G4771G1722G4675G2222G618G4675G18G2532G3668G2976G2556G1161G3568G3592G3870G1161G4771G3600 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'G2532G1909G3956G5125G3342G2257G2532G5216G4741G3173G5490G4741G3704G2309G1224G1782G4314G5209G3361G1410G3366G1276G4314G2248G1564 27"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,G1161G2036G2065G4571G3767G3962G2443G3992G846G1519G3450G3962G3624 28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'G1063G2192G4002G80G3704G1263G846G3363G846G2532G2064G1519G5126G5117G931 29"Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'G11G3004G846G2192G3475G2532G4396G191G846 30"'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'G1161G2036G3780G3962G11G235G1437G5100G4198G4314G846G575G3498G3340 31"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"G1161G2036G846G1487G191G3756G3475G2532G4396G3761G3982G1437G5100G450G1537G3498


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