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1 And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
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Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.
2 And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.
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So he summoned him and said to him, "What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.'
3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.
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Then the manager said to himself, "What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.'
5 Therefore, calling together every one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
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So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, "How much do you owe my master?'
6 But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.
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He answered, "A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, "Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.'
7 Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill and write eighty.
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Then he asked another, "And how much do you owe?' He replied, "A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, "Take your bill and make it eighty.'
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.
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And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.
9 And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater.
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"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
11 If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?
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If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
12 And 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 you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
14 Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
15 And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.
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So he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others; but God knows your hearts; for what is prized by human beings is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.
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"The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.
17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
18 Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
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"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
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"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
20 And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
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And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
21 Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
22 And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
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The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
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In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.
24 And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
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He called 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 these flames.'
25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
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But Abraham said, "Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.
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Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'
27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,
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He said, "Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house—
28 That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
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for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.'
29 And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
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Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'
30 But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.
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He said, "No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
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He said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "