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The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward
And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.
So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
“Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.
I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’
And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
“So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him, and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.
Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.
And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
And *I* say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.
He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?
And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Law and the Prophets
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.
And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.
“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
Divorce
Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.
And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.
“Then 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.’
But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering.
But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.
And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
“Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house,
for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’
But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.
Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.
And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’