The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 dicebat autem et ad discipulos suos homo quidam erat dives qui habebat vilicum et hic diffamatus est apud illum quasi dissipasset bona ipsius
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He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.
2 et vocavit illum et ait illi quid hoc audio de te redde rationem vilicationis tuae iam enim non poteris vilicare
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So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'
3 ait autem vilicus intra se quid faciam quia dominus meus aufert a me vilicationem fodere non valeo mendicare erubesco
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Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
4 scio quid faciam ut cum amotus fuero a vilicatione recipiant me in domos suas
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I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'
5 convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui dicebat primo quantum debes domino meo
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So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6 at ille dixit centum cados olei dixitque illi accipe cautionem tuam et sede cito scribe quinquaginta
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And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
7 deinde alio dixit tu vero quantum debes qui ait centum choros tritici ait illi accipe litteras tuas et scribe octoginta
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Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' So he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
8 et laudavit dominus vilicum iniquitatis quia prudenter fecisset quia filii huius saeculi prudentiores filiis lucis in generatione sua sunt
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So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
9 et ego vobis dico facite vobis amicos de mamona iniquitatis ut cum defeceritis recipiant vos in aeterna tabernacula
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And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.
10 qui fidelis est in minimo et in maiori fidelis est et qui in modico iniquus est et in maiori iniquus est
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He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
11 si ergo in iniquo mamona fideles non fuistis quod verum est quis credet vobis
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Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 et si in alieno fideles non fuistis quod vestrum est quis dabit vobis
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And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?
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
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No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
14 audiebant autem omnia haec Pharisaei qui erant avari et deridebant illum
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Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.
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
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And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 lex et prophetae usque ad Iohannem ex eo regnum Dei evangelizatur et omnis in illud vim facit
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The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
17 facilius est autem caelum et terram praeterire quam de lege unum apicem cadere
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.
18 omnis qui dimittit uxorem suam et ducit alteram moechatur et qui dimissam a viro ducit moechatur
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Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 homo quidam erat dives et induebatur purpura et bysso et epulabatur cotidie splendide
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"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
20 et erat quidam mendicus nomine Lazarus qui iacebat ad ianuam eius ulceribus plenus
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But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
21 cupiens saturari de micis quae cadebant de mensa divitis sed et canes veniebant et lingebant ulcera eius
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desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 factum est autem ut moreretur mendicus et portaretur ab angelis in sinum Abrahae mortuus est autem et dives et sepultus est in inferno
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So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 elevans oculos suos cum esset in tormentis videbat Abraham a longe et Lazarum in sinu eius
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And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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
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Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'
25 et dixit illi Abraham fili recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua et Lazarus similiter mala nunc autem hic consolatur tu vero cruciaris
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But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
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
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And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'
27 et ait rogo ergo te pater ut mittas eum in domum patris mei
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Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
28 habeo enim quinque fratres ut testetur illis ne et ipsi veniant in locum hunc tormentorum
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for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
29 et ait illi Abraham habent Mosen et prophetas audiant illos
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Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
30 at ille dixit non pater Abraham sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos paenitentiam agent
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And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31 ait autem illi si Mosen et prophetas non audiunt neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit credent
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But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.' "
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