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Luke 16

New Century Version NCV

1 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.

2 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.'

3 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.

4 I know what I'll do so that when I lose my job people will welcome me into their homes.'

5 "So the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe?'

6 He answered, 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write four hundred gallons.'

7 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.'

8 So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being smart. Yes, worldly people are smarter with their own kind than spiritual people are.

9 "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.

10 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.

11 If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?

12 And if you cannot be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own?

13 "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."

14 The Pharisees, who loved money, were listening to all these things and made fun of Jesus.

15 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.

16 "The law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were preached until Johnn came. Since then the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told, and everyone tries to enter it by force.

17 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.

18 "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."

19 Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day.

20 And a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores, was laid at the rich man's gate.

21 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.

22 Later, Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried.

23 In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side.

24 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!'

25 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.

26 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.'

27 The rich man said, 'Father, then please send Lazarus to my father's house.

28 I have five brothers, and Lazarus could warn them so that they will not come to this place of pain.'

29 But Abraham said, 'They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets; let them learn from them.'

30 The rich man said, 'No, father Abraham! If someone goes to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.'

31 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.'"

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 dicebat autem et ad discipulos suos homo quidam erat dives qui habebat vilicum et hic diffamatus est apud illum quasi dissipasset bona ipsius

2 et vocavit illum et ait illi quid hoc audio de te redde rationem vilicationis tuae iam enim non poteris vilicare

3 ait autem vilicus intra se quid faciam quia dominus meus aufert a me vilicationem fodere non valeo mendicare erubesco

4 scio quid faciam ut cum amotus fuero a vilicatione recipiant me in domos suas

5 convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui dicebat primo quantum debes domino meo

6 at ille dixit centum cados olei dixitque illi accipe cautionem tuam et sede cito scribe quinquaginta

7 deinde alio dixit tu vero quantum debes qui ait centum choros tritici ait illi accipe litteras tuas et scribe octoginta

8 et laudavit dominus vilicum iniquitatis quia prudenter fecisset quia filii huius saeculi prudentiores filiis lucis in generatione sua sunt

9 et ego vobis dico facite vobis amicos de mamona iniquitatis ut cum defeceritis recipiant vos in aeterna tabernacula

10 qui fidelis est in minimo et in maiori fidelis est et qui in modico iniquus est et in maiori iniquus est

11 si ergo in iniquo mamona fideles non fuistis quod verum est quis credet vobis

12 et si in alieno fideles non fuistis quod vestrum est quis dabit vobis

13 nemo servus potest duobus dominis servire aut enim unum odiet et alterum diliget aut uni adherebit et alterum contemnet non potestis Deo servire et mamonae

14 audiebant autem omnia haec Pharisaei qui erant avari et deridebant illum

15 et ait illis vos estis qui iustificatis vos coram hominibus Deus autem novit corda vestra quia quod hominibus altum est abominatio est ante Deum

16 lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem ex eo regnum Dei evangelizatur et omnis in illud vim facit

17 facilius est autem caelum et terram praeterire quam de lege unum apicem cadere

18 omnis qui dimittit uxorem suam et ducit alteram moechatur et qui dimissam a viro ducit moechatur

19 homo quidam erat dives et induebatur purpura et bysso et epulabatur cotidie splendide

20 et erat quidam mendicus nomine Lazarus qui iacebat ad ianuam eius ulceribus plenus

21 cupiens saturari de micis quae cadebant de mensa divitis sed et canes veniebant et lingebant ulcera eius

22 factum est autem ut moreretur mendicus et portaretur ab angelis in sinum Abrahae mortuus est autem et dives et sepultus est in inferno

23 elevans oculos suos cum esset in tormentis videbat Abraham a longe et Lazarum in sinu eius

24 et ipse clamans dixit pater Abraham miserere mei et mitte Lazarum ut intinguat extremum digiti sui in aqua ut refrigeret linguam meam quia crucior in hac flamma

25 et dixit illi Abraham fili recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua et Lazarus similiter mala nunc autem hic consolatur tu vero cruciaris

26 et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chasma magnum firmatum est ut hii qui volunt hinc transire ad vos non possint neque inde huc transmeare

27 et ait rogo ergo te pater ut mittas eum in domum patris mei

28 habeo enim quinque fratres ut testetur illis ne et ipsi veniant in locum hunc tormentorum

29 et ait illi Abraham habent Mosen et prophetas audiant illos

30 at ille dixit non pater Abraham sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos paenitentiam agent

31 ait autem illi si Mosen et prophetas non audiunt neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit credent