CHAPTER XXI.
THE UNFAITHFUL STEWARD, AND THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.
1 16:1AND he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man that had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his property. 16:2And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a steward. 16:3And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 16:4I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 16:5And calling each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? 16:6And he said, A hundred baths [1,350 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 16:7Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors [1,445 bushels] of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty. 16:8And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.
2 16:9And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. 16:10He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 16:11If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the riches procured by injustice, who will commit to you the true? 16:12And if you have not been faithful in another's, who will give you yours? 16:13No domestic can serve two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the other, or he will adhere to the first and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.
3 16:14And the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him. 16:15And he said to them, You are they that justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is high among men is an abomination before God. 16:16The law and the prophets were till John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses violently into it. 16:17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail. 16:18Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, commits adultery.
4 16:19There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day. 16:20And a certain poor man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with ulcers, 16:21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table; but the dogs also came and licked his ulcers. 16:22And the poor man died, and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died, and was buried; 16:23and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. 16:24And he called and said, 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 pain in this flame.
5 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in pain. 16:26And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between us and you, so that those wishing to pass from hence to you cannot, neither can they pass from thence to us. 16:27And he said, I beseech you then, father, send him to my father's house, 16:28for I have five brothers, to testify fully to them, that they may not also come to this place of torment 16:29But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 16:30But he said, No, father Abraham, but if one went to them from the dead they would change their minds. 16:31But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they would not be persuaded if one arose from the dead.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHRIST'S DOCTRINE RESPECTING OFFENSES, CURING TEN LEPERS, AND PREDICTING THE COMING OF HIS KINGDOM.
1 17:1AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come; 17:2it would be profitable for him if a millstone was placed around his neck, and he was cast into the sea, rather than that he should offend one of these little ones. 17:3Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, reprove him; and if he changes his mind, forgive him; 17:4and if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turn seven times, saying, I change my mind, you shall forgive him.