Berean Study Bible

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1Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

1He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

2And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

3The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

3And 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, and I am ashamed to beg.

4I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

4I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’

5And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

5So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

6‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

6He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

7Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

7Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

8The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

9And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

10Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

10“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

11If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?

12And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

15And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

16The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

16“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.

18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

19“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

20And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

21and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

22The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried,

23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

24And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’

25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

26And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

27‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

27And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house—

28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

28for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’

29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

29But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

30‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

30And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Then Abraham 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.’ ”

31He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

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