Luke 16 : 1 (NCV)
Jesus also said to his followers, "Once there was a rich man who had a manager to take care of his business. This manager was accused of cheating him.
Luke 16 : 2 (NCV)
So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of what you have done with my money, because you can't be my manager any longer.'
Luke 16 : 3 (NCV)
The manager thought to himself, 'What will I do since my master is taking my job away from me? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg.
Luke 16 : 4 (NCV)
I know what I'll do so that when I lose my job people will welcome me into their homes.'
Luke 16 : 5 (NCV)
So the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe?'
Luke 16 : 6 (NCV)
He answered, 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write four hundred gallons.'
Luke 16 : 7 (NCV)
Then the manager asked another one, 'How much do you owe?' He answered, 'One thousand bushels of wheat.' Then the manager said to him, 'Take your bill and write eight hundred bushels.'
Luke 16 : 8 (NCV)
So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being smart. Yes, worldly people are smarter with their own kind than spiritual people are.
Luke 16 : 9 (NCV)
I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever.
Luke 16 : 10 (NCV)
Whoever can be trusted with a little can also be trusted with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with a little is dishonest with a lot.
Luke 16 : 11 (NCV)
If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?
Luke 16 : 12 (NCV)
And if you cannot be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own?
Luke 16 : 13 (NCV)
"No servant can serve two masters. The servant will hate one master and love the other, or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches."
Luke 16 : 14 (NCV)
The Pharisees, who loved money, were listening to all these things and made fun of Jesus.
Luke 16 : 15 (NCV)
He said to them, "You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God's sight.
Luke 16 : 16 (NCV)
The law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were preached until John came. Since then the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told, and everyone tries to enter it by force.
Luke 16 : 17 (NCV)
It would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.
Luke 16 : 18 (NCV)
"If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery."
Luke 16 : 19 (NCV)
Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day.
Luke 16 : 20 (NCV)
And a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores, was laid at the rich man's gate.
Luke 16 : 21 (NCV)
He wanted to eat only the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man's table. And the dogs would come and lick his sores.
Luke 16 : 22 (NCV)
Later, Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried.
Luke 16 : 23 (NCV)
In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side.
Luke 16 : 24 (NCV)
He called, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire!'
Luke 16 : 25 (NCV)
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember when you were alive you had the good things in life, but bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.
Luke 16 : 26 (NCV)
Besides, there is a big pit between you and us, so no one can cross over to you, and no one can leave there and come here.'
Luke 16 : 27 (NCV)
The rich man said, 'Father, then please send Lazarus to my father's house.
Luke 16 : 28 (NCV)
I have five brothers, and Lazarus could warn them so that they will not come to this place of pain.'
Luke 16 : 29 (NCV)
But Abraham said, 'They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets; let them learn from them.'
Luke 16 : 30 (NCV)
The rich man said, 'No, father Abraham! If someone goes to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.'
Luke 16 : 31 (NCV)
But Abraham said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.'"
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