Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 He said also to his talmidim, "There was a certain rich man, who had a manager. The same was accused to him of wasting his possessions.
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And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
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and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
3 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
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`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
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I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
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`And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
6 He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.
8 "His lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the sons of the light.
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`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
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and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is unrighteous in a very little is also unrighteous in much.
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`He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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and if in the other's ye became not faithful -- your own, who shall give to you?
13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
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`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'
14 The Perushim, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
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And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,
15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;
16 The law and the prophets were until Yochanan. From that time the Good News of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
17 But it is easier for heaven and eretz to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
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and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.
18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
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`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.
19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
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`And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
20 A certain beggar, named El'azar, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
22 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Avraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
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`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 In She'ol, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Avraham far off, and El'azar at his bosom.
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and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
24 He cried and said, 'Father Avraham, have mercy on me, and send El'azar, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'
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and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.
25 "But Avraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and El'azar, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
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`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
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and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.
27 "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
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`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,
28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'
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for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
29 "But Avraham said to him, 'They have Moshe and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
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`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
30 "He said, 'No, father Avraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
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and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
31 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moshe and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
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And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'
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