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The Gospel According to Saint Luke, Chapter 16
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And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich
man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he
had wasted his goods.
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And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this
of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no
longer steward.
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Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my
lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am
ashamed.
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said
unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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And he said,
An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An
hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore.
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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser
than the children of light.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
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He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in
much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous
mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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And if
ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall
give you that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
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And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these
things: and they derided him.
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And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly
esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the
kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle
of the law to fail.
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Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,
committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from
her husband committeth adultery.
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There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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And there was a
certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of
sores,
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by
the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried;
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And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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And 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.
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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither
can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest
send him to my father's house:
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For I have five brethren; that he
may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let
them hear them.
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And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from
the dead, they will repent.
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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