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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.
Parable of the Shrewd Manager
Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.
Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.
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 the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’
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.
“The manager thought to himself, ‘Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud 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.
Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’
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 invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe him?’
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.
“The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the 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.
“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?
and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?
And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of 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 one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”
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.
The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at 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.
Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable 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.
But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.
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.
“For example, a man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman 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.
Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.
And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores.
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.
As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open 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.
And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees 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.
“The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
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 to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’
And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
“Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home.
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, and I want him to warn them so they don’t end up in this place of torment.’
But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.
“But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’
But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.
“The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’