Luke 16 - Interlinear Bible

The Unrighteous Steward

1 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 his possessions.

~elegen {V-IAI-3S} de; {CONJ} kai; {CONJ} pro;? {PREP} tou;? {T-APM} maqhtav?, {N-APM} ~anqrwpov? {N-NSM} ti? {I-NSM} h\n {V-IXI-3S} plouvsio? {A-NSM} oJ;? {R-NSM} ei\cen {V-IAI-3S} oijkonovmon, kai; {CONJ} ouJ'to? {D-NSM} dieblhvqh aujtw'/ {P-DSM} wJ? {ADV} diaskorpivzwn ta; {T-APN} uJpavrconta {V-PAP-APN} aujtou'. {P-GSM}

2 "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.'

kai; {CONJ} fwnhvsa? aujto;n {P-ASM} ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} aujtw'/, {P-DSM} Tiv {I-ASN} tou'to {D-ASN} ajkouvw {V-PAI-1S} peri; {PREP} sou'; {P-2GS} ajpovdo? {V-2AAM-2S} to;n {T-ASM} lovgon {N-ASM} th'? {T-GSF} oijkonomiva? sou, {P-2GS} ouj {PRT} ga;r {CONJ} duvnh/ {V-PNI-2S} e~ti {ADV} oijkonomei'n.

3 "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.

ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} de; {CONJ} ejn {PREP} eJautw'/ {F-3DSM} oJ {T-NSM} oijkonovmo?, Tiv {I-ASN} poihvsw, {V-AAS-1S} o&ti {CONJ} oJ {T-NSM} kuvriov? {N-NSM} mou {P-1GS} ajfairei'tai th;n {T-ASF} oijkonomivan ajpj {PREP} ejmou'; {P-1GS} skavptein oujk {PRT} ijscuvw, ejpaitei'n aijscuvnomai.

4 'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'

e~gnwn {V-2AAI-1S} tiv {I-ASN} poihvsw, {V-AAS-1S} i&na {CONJ} o&tan {CONJ} metastaqw' ejk {PREP} th'? {T-GSF} oijkonomiva? devxwntaiv {V-PNS-3P} me {P-1AS} eij? {PREP} tou;? {T-APM} oi~kou? aujtw'n. {P-GPM}

5 "And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master ?'

kai; {CONJ} proskalesavmeno? {V-ADP-NSM} e&na {N-ASM} e&kaston {A-NSN} tw'n {T-GPM} creofeiletw'n tou' {T-GSM} kurivou {N-GSM} eJautou' {F-3GSM} e~legen {V-IAI-3S} tw'/ {T-DSM} prwvtw/, {A-DSN} Povson {Q-NSN} ojfeivlei? {V-PAI-2S} tw'/ {T-DSM} kurivw/ {N-DSM} mou; {P-1GS}

6 "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

oJ {T-NSM} de; {CONJ} ei\pen, {V-2AAI-3S} JEkato;n {N-NUI} bavtou? ejlaivou. {N-GSN} oJ {T-NSM} de; {CONJ} ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} aujtw'/, {P-DSM} Devxai sou {P-2GS} ta; {T-APN} gravmmata kai; {CONJ} kaqivsa? {V-AAP-NSM} tacevw? gravyon penthvkonta. {N-NUI}

7 "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.'

e~peita eJtevrw/ {A-DSN} ei\pen, {V-2AAI-3S} Su; {P-2NS} de; {CONJ} povson {Q-NSN} ojfeivlei?; {V-PAI-2S} oJ {T-NSM} de; {CONJ} ei\pen, {V-2AAI-3S} JEkato;n {N-NUI} kovrou? sivtou. {N-GSM} levgei {V-PAI-3S} aujtw'/, {P-DSM} Devxai sou {P-2GS} ta; {T-APN} gravmmata kai; {CONJ} gravyon ojgdohvkonta. {N-NUI}

8 "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.

kai; {CONJ} ejphv/nesen oJ {T-NSM} kuvrio? {N-NSM} to;n {T-ASM} oijkonovmon th'? {T-GSF} ajdikiva? o&ti {CONJ} fronivmw? ejpoivhsen: {V-AAI-3S} o&ti {CONJ} oiJ {T-NPM} uiJoi; {N-NPM} tou' {T-GSM} aijw'no? {N-GSM} touvtou {D-GSN} fronimwvteroi uJpe;r {PREP} tou;? {T-APM} uiJou;? {N-APM} tou' {T-GSM} fwto;? eij? {PREP} th;n {T-ASF} genea;n {N-ASF} th;n {T-ASF} eJautw'n {F-3GPM} eijsin. {V-PXI-3P}

9 "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.

Kai; {CONJ} ejgw; {P-1NS} uJmi'n {P-2DP} levgw, {V-PAI-1S} eJautoi'? {F-3DPM} poihvsate {V-AAM-2P} fivlou? {A-APM} ejk {PREP} tou' {T-GSM} mamwna' {N-DSN} th'? {T-GSF} ajdikiva?, i&na {CONJ} o&tan {CONJ} ejklivph/ devxwntai {V-PNS-3P} uJma'? {P-2AP} eij? {PREP} ta;? {T-APF} aijwnivou? skhnav?. {N-APF}

10 " 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.

oJ {T-NSM} pisto;? {A-NSM} ejn {PREP} ejlacivstw/ kai; {CONJ} ejn {PREP} pollw'/ {A-DSN} pistov? {A-NSM} ejstin, {V-PXI-3S} kai; {CONJ} oJ {T-NSM} ejn {PREP} ejlacivstw/ a~diko? kai; {CONJ} ejn {PREP} pollw'/ {A-DSN} a~dikov? ejstin. {V-PXI-3S}

11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

eij {COND} ou\n {CONJ} ejn {PREP} tw'/ {T-DSM} ajdivkw/ {V-PAI-1S} mamwna'/ {N-DSN} pistoi; oujk {PRT} ejgevnesqe, to; {T-ASN} ajlhqino;n tiv? {I-NSM} uJmi'n {P-2DP} pisteuvsei;

12 "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?

kai; {CONJ} eij {COND} ejn {PREP} tw'/ {T-DSM} ajllotrivw/ pistoi; oujk {PRT} ejgevnesqe, to; {T-ASN} uJmevteron tiv? {I-NSM} uJmi'n {P-2DP} dwvsei; {V-FAI-3S}

13 " 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."

Oujdei;? {A-NSF} oijkevth? duvnatai {V-PNI-3S} dusi; kurivoi? {N-DPM} douleuvein: {V-PAN} h^ {T-NSF} ga;r {CONJ} to;n {T-ASM} e&na {N-ASM} mishvsei {V-FAI-3S} kai; {CONJ} to;n {T-ASM} e&teron {A-ASM} ajgaphvsei, {V-FAI-3S} h^ {T-NSF} eJno;? {N-GSN} ajnqevxetai kai; {CONJ} tou' {T-GSM} eJtevrou {A-GSM} katafronhvsei. {V-FAI-3S} ouj {PRT} duvnasqe {V-PNI-2P} qew'/ {N-DSM} douleuvein {V-PAN} kai; {CONJ} mamwna'/. {N-DSN}

14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

~hkouon {V-IAI-3P} de; {CONJ} tau'ta {D-APN} pavnta {A-APN} oiJ {T-NPM} Farisai'oi {N-NPM} filavrguroi uJpavrconte?, {V-PAP-NPM} kai; {CONJ} ejxemukthvrizon aujtovn. {P-ASM}

15 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.

kai; {CONJ} ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} aujtoi'?, {P-DPM} JUmei'? {P-2NP} ejste {V-PXI-2P} oiJ {T-NPM} dikaiou'nte? eJautou;? {F-3APM} ejnwvpion {ADV} tw'n {T-GPM} ajnqrwvpwn, {N-GPM} oJ {T-NSM} de; {CONJ} qeo;? {N-NSM} ginwvskei {V-PAI-3S} ta;? {T-APF} kardiva? {N-APF} uJmw'n: {P-2GP} o&ti {CONJ} to; {T-ASN} ejn {PREP} ajnqrwvpoi? {N-DPM} uJyhlo;n {A-ASN} bdevlugma {N-ASN} ejnwvpion {ADV} tou' {T-GSM} qeou'. {N-GSM}

16 " 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.

JO {T-NSM} novmo? {N-NSM} kai; {CONJ} oiJ {T-NPM} profh'tai {N-NPM} mevcri {ADV} #Iwavnnou: {N-GSM} ajpo; {PREP} tovte {ADV} hJ {T-NSF} basileiva {N-NSF} tou' {T-GSM} qeou' {N-GSM} eujaggelivzetai kai; {CONJ} pa'? {A-NSM} eij? {PREP} aujth;n {P-ASF} biavzetai. {V-PPI-3S}

17 " But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

Eujkopwvteron {A-NSN} dev {CONJ} ejstin {V-PXI-3S} to;n {T-ASM} oujrano;n {N-ASM} kai; {CONJ} th;n {T-ASF} gh'n {N-ASF} parelqei'n {V-2AAN} h^ {T-NSF} tou' {T-GSM} novmou {N-GSM} mivan {N-ASF} keraivan pesei'n.

18 " Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Pa'? {A-NSM} oJ {T-NSM} ajpoluvwn {V-PAP-NSM} th;n {T-ASF} gunai'ka {N-ASF} aujtou' {P-GSM} kai; {CONJ} gamw'n eJtevran {A-ASF} moiceuvei, kai; {CONJ} oJ {T-NSM} ajpolelumevnhn {V-RPP-ASF} ajpo; {PREP} ajndro;? {N-GSM} gamw'n moiceuvei.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 "Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

~anqrwpo? {N-NSM} dev {CONJ} ti? {I-NSM} h\n {V-IXI-3S} plouvsio?, {A-NSM} kai; {CONJ} ejnediduvsketo porfuvran {N-ASF} kai; {CONJ} buvsson eujfrainovmeno? kaqj {PREP} hJmevran {N-ASF} lamprw'?.

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

ptwco;? dev {CONJ} ti? {I-NSM} ojnovmati {N-DSN} Lavzaro? ejbevblhto pro;? {PREP} to;n {T-ASM} pulw'na {N-ASM} aujtou' {P-GSM} eiJlkwmevno?

21 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.

kai; {CONJ} ejpiqumw'n cortasqh'nai {V-APN} ajpo; {PREP} tw'n {T-GPM} piptovntwn {V-PAP-GPN} ajpo; {PREP} th'? {T-GSF} trapevzh? {N-GSF} tou' {T-GSM} plousivou: ajlla; {CONJ} kai; {CONJ} oiJ {T-NPM} kuvne? ejrcovmenoi {V-PNP-NPM} ejpevleicon ta; {T-APN} e&lkh aujtou'. {P-GSM}

22 "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.

ejgevneto {V-2ADI-3S} de; {CONJ} ajpoqanei'n {V-2AAN} to;n {T-ASM} ptwco;n kai; {CONJ} ajpenecqh'nai aujto;n {P-ASM} uJpo; {PREP} tw'n {T-GPM} ajggevlwn {N-GPM} eij? {PREP} to;n {T-ASM} kovlpon {N-ASM} #Abraavm: {N-PRI} ajpevqanen {V-2AAI-3S} de; {CONJ} kai; {CONJ} oJ {T-NSM} plouvsio? {A-NSM} kai; {CONJ} ejtavfh.

23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away * and Lazarus in his bosom.

kai; {CONJ} ejn {PREP} tw'/ {T-DSM} a&/dh/ ejpavra? {V-AAP-NSM} tou;? {T-APM} ojfqalmou;? {N-APM} aujtou', {P-GSM} uJpavrcwn {V-PAP-NSM} ejn {PREP} basavnoi?, {N-DPF} oJra'/ {V-PAM-2S} #Abraa;m {N-PRI} ajpo; {PREP} makrovqen {ADV} kai; {CONJ} Lavzaron ejn {PREP} toi'? {T-DPM} kovlpoi? aujtou'. {P-GSM}

24 "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.'

kai; {CONJ} aujto;? {P-NSM} fwnhvsa? ei\pen, {V-2AAI-3S} Pavter {N-VSM} #Abraavm, {N-PRI} ejlevhsovn {V-AAM-2S} me {P-1AS} kai; {CONJ} pevmyon {V-AAM-2S} Lavzaron i&na {CONJ} bavyh/ to; {T-ASN} a~kron tou' {T-GSM} daktuvlou aujtou' {P-GSM} u&dato? {N-GSN} kai; {CONJ} katayuvxh/ th;n {T-ASF} glw'ssavn mou, {P-1GS} o&ti {CONJ} ojdunw'mai ejn {PREP} th'/ {T-DSF} flogi; tauvth/. {D-DSF}

25 "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.

ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} de; {CONJ} #Abraavm, {N-PRI} Tevknon, {N-VSN} mnhvsqhti o&ti {CONJ} ajpevlabe? ta; {T-APN} ajgaqav {A-APN} sou {P-2GS} ejn {PREP} th'/ {T-DSF} zwh'/ sou, {P-2GS} kai; {CONJ} Lavzaro? oJmoivw? {ADV} ta; {T-APN} kakav: nu'n {ADV} de; {CONJ} wJ'de {ADV} parakalei'tai su; {P-2NS} de; {CONJ} ojduna'sai.

26 '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.'

kai; {CONJ} ejn {PREP} pa'si touvtoi? metaxu; hJmw'n {P-1GP} kai; {CONJ} uJmw'n {P-2GP} cavsma mevga {A-NSN} ejsthvriktai, o&pw? {ADV} oiJ {T-NPM} qevlonte? {V-PAP-NPM} diabh'nai e~nqen {ADV} pro;? {PREP} uJma'? {P-2AP} mh; {PRT} duvnwntai, mhde; {CONJ} ejkei'qen {ADV} pro;? {PREP} hJma'? {P-1AP} diaperw'sin.

27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house -

ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} dev, {CONJ} #Erwtw' se {P-2AS} ou\n, {CONJ} pavter, {N-VSM} i&na {CONJ} pevmyh/? aujto;n {P-ASM} eij? {PREP} to;n {T-ASM} oi\kon {N-ASM} tou' {T-GSM} patrov? {N-GSM} mou, {P-1GS}

28 for I have five brothers -in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'

e~cw {V-PAI-1S} ga;r {CONJ} pevnte {N-NUI} ajdelfouv?, {N-APM} o&pw? {ADV} diamartuvrhtai aujtoi'?, {P-DPM} i&na {CONJ} mh; {PRT} kai; {CONJ} aujtoi; {P-NPM} e~lqwsin eij? {PREP} to;n {T-ASM} tovpon {N-ASM} tou'ton {D-ASM} th'? {T-GSF} basavnou.

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

levgei {V-PAI-3S} de; {CONJ} #Abraavm, {N-PRI} ~ecousi Mwu>seva kai; {CONJ} tou;? {T-APM} profhvta?: {N-APM} ajkousavtwsan aujtw'n. {P-GPM}

30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent !'

oJ {T-NSM} de; {CONJ} ei\pen, {V-2AAI-3S} Oujciv, {PRT} pavter {N-VSM} #Abraavm, {N-PRI} ajll# {CONJ} ejavn {COND} ti? {I-NSM} ajpo; {PREP} nekrw'n {A-GPM} poreuqh'/ pro;? {PREP} aujtou;? {P-APM} metanohvsousin.

31 "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.' "

ei\pen {V-2AAI-3S} de; {CONJ} aujtw'/, {P-DSM} Eij {V-PXI-2S} Mwu>sevw? {N-GSM} kai; {CONJ} tw'n {T-GPM} profhtw'n {N-GPM} oujk {PRT} ajkouvousin, {V-PAI-3P} oujdj {ADV} ejavn {COND} ti? {I-NSM} ejk {PREP} nekrw'n {A-GPM} ajnasth'/ {V-2AAS-3S} peisqhvsontai.

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