Luke 16
About Luke Luke gives an orderly account of Jesus' life, with special care for the poor, outsiders and women.
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.SelectedLuke 16:1Ask
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.SelectedLuke 16:2Ask
3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.SelectedLuke 16:3Ask
4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.SelectedLuke 16:4Ask
5So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?SelectedLuke 16:5Ask
6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.SelectedLuke 16:6Ask
7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.SelectedLuke 16:7Ask
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.SelectedLuke 16:8Ask
9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.SelectedLuke 16:9Ask
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.SelectedLuke 16:10Ask
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?SelectedLuke 16:11Ask
12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?SelectedLuke 16:12Ask
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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.SelectedLuke 16:13Ask
14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.SelectedLuke 16:14Ask
15And 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.SelectedLuke 16:15Ask
16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.SelectedLuke 16:16Ask
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.SelectedLuke 16:17Ask
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.SelectedLuke 16:18Ask
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:SelectedLuke 16:19Ask
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,SelectedLuke 16:20Ask
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.SelectedLuke 16:21Ask
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;SelectedLuke 16:22Ask
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.SelectedLuke 16:23Ask
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.SelectedLuke 16:24Ask
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.SelectedLuke 16:25Ask
26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.SelectedLuke 16:26Ask
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:SelectedLuke 16:27Ask
28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.SelectedLuke 16:28Ask
29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.SelectedLuke 16:29Ask
30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.SelectedLuke 16:30Ask
31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.SelectedLuke 16:31Ask
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