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The Gospel of Luke 16

16 Jesus also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. One day someone informed the rich man that the manager was doing such a bad job that the rich man was losing lots of money. 2 So he called the manager to come to him and said to him, ‘What I hear you have been doing is terrible! Give me a final written report of the things you have been managing, because you will no longer be my household manager!’ 3 Then the manager said to himself, ‘My master is going to dismiss me from being his manager, so I have to think of what to do. I am not strong enough to work by digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg for money. 4 I know what I will do so that people will take me into their houses and provide for me after he dismisses me from my management work!’ 5 So he asked everyone who owed his master money to come to him one by one. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 The man replied, ‘3,000 liters of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down, and quickly change it to 1, 500 liters!’ 7 He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘1,000 baskets of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 baskets!’ 8 When the master heard what his manager had done, he praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. The truth is, the people who belong to this world are more clever than the people who belong to God in how they relate to those around them. 9 I tell you, use the money you have in this world to make friends for yourselves. Then when that money is gone, those friends will welcome you into their homes, which will last forever. 10 People who faithfully manage small amounts of money will also be honest with much greater amounts. People who are dishonest in the way they manage small amounts of money will also be dishonest with much greater amounts. 11 So if you have not faithfully handled the money God has given you in this world, he will certainly not trust you with the true riches of heaven. 12 If you have not faithfully managed property that belongs to other people, you should not expect anyone to give you property of your own. 13 No servant is able to serve two different masters at the same time. If he tried to do that, he would hate one of them and love the other one, or he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. You cannot devote your life to serving God if you are also devoting your life to acquiring money and other material possessions.”

14 When the Pharisees who were there heard what Jesus was teaching, they made fun of him because they loved to acquire money. 15 But Jesus said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows what you are really like. Keep in mind that God considers to be detestable many things that people praise as very important.

16 The laws that God gave Moses and the things that the prophets wrote were in effect until John the Baptizer came. Since then, I have been preaching the good news about how God will rule as king. Many people are accepting my message and are very eagerly trying to become part of the kingdom of God. 17 All of God’s laws, even those that seem insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.

18 Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, and any man who marries a woman whose husband has divorced her is also committing adultery.”

19 Jesus also said, “Once there was a rich man who wore expensive purple and linen clothes. Every day he gave lavish feasts. 20 And every day people laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus at the gate of the rich man’s house. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. 21 He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the scraps of food that fell from the table where the rich man ate. While he was lying there, dogs came and licked his sores. 22 Eventually the poor man died. Then the angels took him to be with his ancestor Abraham. The rich man also died, and people buried his body. 23 In the place of the dead, the rich man was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus sitting very close to Abraham. 24 So the rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So please pity me and send Lazarus here so that he can dip his finger in water and touch my tongue to cool it!’ 25 But Abraham replied, ‘Child, remember that while you were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now he is happy here, and you are suffering. 26 Besides that, God has placed a huge ravine between you and us. So those who want to go from here to you there are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we are, either.’ 27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, Father Abraham, I ask you to send Lazarus to my family home. 28 I have five brothers who live there. Tell him to warn them so that they do not also come to this place where we suffer great pain!’ 29 But Abraham replied, ‘No, I will not do that because your brothers have what Moses and the prophets wrote long ago. They should obey what they wrote!’ 30 But the rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham, that will not be enough! But if someone from those who have died goes back to them and warns them, they will turn from their sinful behavior.’ 31 Abraham said to him, ‘So they would not obey what Moses and the prophets wrote. Then it would not help even if someone from among the people who have died went and warned them. They would still not believe that they should turn from their sinful behavior.’ ”

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