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Luke 16
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Luke 16 . 1
1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:1
Luke 16 . 2
2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:2
Luke 16 . 3
3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:3
Luke 16 . 4
4 I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:4
Luke 16 . 5
5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:5
Luke 16 . 6
6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:6
Luke 16 . 7
7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:7
Luke 16 . 8
8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:8
Luke 16 . 9
9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:9
Luke 16 . 10
10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:10
Luke 16 . 11
11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:11
Luke 16 . 12
12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:12
Luke 16 . 13
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.”CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:13
Luke 16 . 14
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:14
Luke 16 . 15
15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.IP1 Kings 8:39CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:15TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
Luke 16 . 16
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.IPJob 14:12CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:16
Luke 16 . 17
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.IPJob 14:12CLuke 16:01-17TOSKLuke 16:17
Luke 16 . 18
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.TOSKLuke 16:18
Luke 16 . 19
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:19
Luke 16 . 20
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with soresIP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:20
Luke 16 . 21
21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:21
Luke 16 . 22
22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:22
Luke 16 . 23
23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:23
Luke 16 . 24
24 So he cried 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 this fire.’IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:24
Luke 16 . 25
25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:25
Luke 16 . 26
26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:26
Luke 16 . 27
27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:27
Luke 16 . 28
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:28
Luke 16 . 29
29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:29
Luke 16 . 30
30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:30
Luke 16 . 31
31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”IP2 Kings 2:11CLuke 16:19-31TOSKLuke 16:31