The Koine Bible

And he also said to the disciples, A certain rich man had a steward, and this one was accused to him as wasting his possessions.

And calling him, he said to him, What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.

But the steward said to himself, What shall I do, since my master is taking away the stewardship from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, they may receive me into their houses.

And having called each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

He said, A hundred measures of oil. He said to him, Take your bills and sitting down quickly write fifty.

Then he said to another, How much do you owe? He said, One hundred measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.

And the master praised the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in their generation.

And I say to you, make for yourselves friends from the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

The one faithful in little is also faithful in much, and the one unjust in little is also unjust in much.

If then you have not been faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true?

And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things and were sneering at him.

And he said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before people, but God knows your hearts, because what is exalted among people is an abomination before God.

The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone is forcing their way into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the law to fall.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from a man commits adultery.

Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself splendidly every day.

Now a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores.

and desiring to be satisfied from the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

And in Hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he called out and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this flame.

But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise the bad things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in pain.

And in all these things a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those wanting to cross from here to you are not able, nor can those from there cross to us.

He said therefore, I ask you, father, that you send him to the house of my father,

For I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, in order that they also may not come to this place of torment.

But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.

But he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.

He said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.