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Luke 16 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:1 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:2 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - Then 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:4 - I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:10 - He 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:11 - If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:12 - And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - No 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:14 - And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:15 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:16 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:18 - Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:19 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:21 - And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:22 - And 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:23 - And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:24 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - But 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:26 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:27 - Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:28 - For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:29 - Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:31 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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