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16:1 And
(A) he
was also saying
to his disciples,
(1)
A certain man was rich
who had a steward,
and
(2)
this one had charges brought against him,
that he was squandering his master's property.
16:2
And
calling him in
(3)
he said to him,
What is this that I hear about you?
Give an accounting of your management,
for
yu can no longer be a steward.
16:3
And
(4)
the steward said
to himself,
What shall I do
for
my master is taking the management
from me?
I am unable to dig,
I am ashamed to beg,
16:4
I know what I will do
when I am removed
from management
so that they will welcome me
into their homes.
16:5
And
calling in each one of his master's debtors,
(5)
he said
to the first one,
How much do you owe my master?
16:6
And
(6)
he said,
One hundred baths (appx 8 gal) of oil.
And
(7)
he said,
Take your bill
and
having sit down
quickly
write fifty.
16:7
Then
(8)
to the other he said,
And
how much do you owe?
And
(9)
he said,
One hundred measures (appx. 10-12 bushels) of grain.
(10)
he said,
Take the bill
and
write eighty.
16:8
And
(11)
the unjust steward's master commended him,
because he acted shrewdly;
for
(12)
the sons of this age are more astute
than the sons of light
in relation to their own generation.
16:9
And
(13)
I tell you,
Make friends
with the mammon of unrighteousness,
when it fails
so that they may receive you
into the eternal tents.
(14)16:10
The one faithful with liitle is faithful with much,
and
(15)
the one dishonest with little is dishonest with
much.
16:11
Therefore
if you have not been faithful with dishonest mammon,
(16)
who will entrust you with that which is true?
16:12
And
if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another,
(17)
who will give you what belongs to you?
(18)16:131
No one servant can serve two masters;
for
either
(19)
he will hate the one
and
(20)
the other he will love,
or
(21)
he will cling to the one
and
(22)
he will dispise the other.
(23)
You cannot serve God and mammon.
16:14
And
(B) the
Pharisees were hearing these things
being lovers of money,
and
(C) they
ridiculed him.
16:15
And
(D) he
said
to him,
(24)
You are the ones justifying yourselves before men,
but
(25)
God knows your hearts;
because that which is esteemed by men is an abomination before God.
(26)16:16
The Law and the Prophets were until John;
but
from that point
(27)
the Kingdom of God is being proclaimed
and
(28)
everyone is crowding into it.
16:17
And
(29)
it is easier for Heaven and earth to pass away
than for one stroke of the Law to fall.
(30)16:18
Everyone divorcing his wife
and
-------- marrying another commits adultery,
and
having been divorced from her husband
(31)
the one marrying commits adultery.
16:19
And
(32)
a certain man was rich
and
(33)
he dressed himself
with purple and fine linen
as he daily feasted lavishly.
16:20
And
(34)
a certain beggar was regularly laid at his gate
named Lazarus
covered with sores
16:21
and
desiring to be fed
with what fell off the rich man's table;
but
coming
(35)
the dogs licked his sores.
16:22
And
(36)
it happened that the beggar died
and
--- ------ was carried
by angels
into Abraham's bosom;
and
(37)
the rich man also died
and
(38)
--- ---- --- was buried.
16:23
And
in Hell
having lifed up his eyes
being in torment
(39)
he saw Abraham
from and distance
and
Lazarus
in his bosom.
16:24
And
calling out
(40)
he said,
Father Abraham,
Have mercy on me,
and
send Lazarus
to dip the tip of his finger in water
and
cool my tongue
because I am suffering
in this flame.
16:25
And
(41)
Abraham said,
Child,
You recall
that you received good things
in your life time,
and
similarly
Lazarus ------- bad things;
but
now
here
he is being comforted
and
you are suffering pain.
16:26
And
in addition to all this
between us and you stands a great chasm
so that those wishing to cross over from her to you cannot
neither
can they pass over from there to us.
16:27
And
(42)
he said,
Then
I ask you
to send him to my father's house,
16:28
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so that he may bear witness to them,
lest they also come to this place of torment.
16:29
But
(43)
Abraham said,
They have Moses and the prophets,
Let them hear them.
16:30
But
(44)
he said,
Oh no,
Father Abraham,
rather,
if one comes to them from the dead,
they will repent.
16:31
And
(45)
he said
to him,
If they will not hear Moses and the prophets,
neither
if one rise from the dead,
will they be persuaded.
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1This saying also occurs in Matt. 6:24 in the context
of the Sermon on the Mount. The two texts have virtually the same wording.
The Matthean text will not be treated here.
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