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The Unrighteous Steward |
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Luke 16:1
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Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There
was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering
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Luke 16:2
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And he called him and
said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management,
for you can no longer be manager.' |
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Luke 16:3
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The manager said to himself,
'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am
not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. |
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Luke 16:4
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I know what I shall do,
so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their
homes.' |
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Luke 16:5
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And he summoned each one
of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe
my master?' |
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Luke 16:6
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And he said, 'A hundred
measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and
write fifty.' |
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Luke 16:7
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Then he said to another,
'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He *said
to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' |
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Luke 16:8
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And his master praised
the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age
are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. |
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Luke 16:9
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And I say to you, make
friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when
it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. |
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Luke 16:10
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"He who is faithful in
a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very
little thing is unrighteous also in much. |
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Luke 16:11
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Therefore if you have
not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true
riches to you? |
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Luke 16:12
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And if you have not been
faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is
your own? |
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Luke 16:13
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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 be
devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." |
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Luke 16:14
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Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money,
were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. |
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Luke 16:15
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And He said to them, "You
are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts;
for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. |
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Luke 16:16
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"The Law and the Prophets
were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has
been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. |
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Luke 16:17
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But it is easier for heaven
and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail. |
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Luke 16:18
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"Everyone who divorces
his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced
from a husband commits adultery. |
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The Rich Man and Lazarus |
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Luke 16:19
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"Now there was a rich
man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor
every day. |
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Luke 16:20
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And a poor man named Lazarus
was laid at his gate, covered with sores, |
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Luke 16:21
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and longing to be fed
with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the
dogs were coming and licking his sores. |
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Luke 16:22
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Now the poor man died
and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died
and was buried. |
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Luke 16:23
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In Hades he lifted up
his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. |
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Luke 16:24
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And he cried out and said,
'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip
of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' |
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Luke 16:25
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But Abraham said, 'Child,
remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus
bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. |
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Luke 16:26
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And besides all this,
between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come
over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there
to us.' |
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Luke 16:27
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And he said, 'Then I beg
you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- |
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Luke 16:28
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for I have five brothers-in
order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of
torment.' |
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Luke 16:29
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But Abraham *said, 'They
have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' |
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Luke 16:30
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But he said, 'No, father
Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' |
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Luke 16:31
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But he 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.'" |
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