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CHAP. XVI. / 1 The parable of the vniust steward. 14 Christ reprooueth the hypocrisie of the couetous Pharisees. 19 The rich glutton, and Lazarus the begger.

1And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goods.Select Luke 16:1

2And hee called him, and said vnto him, How is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accompt of thy stewardship: for thou mayest bee no longer Steward.Select Luke 16:2

3Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship? I cannot digge, to begge I am ashamed.Select Luke 16:3

4I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.Select Luke 16:4

5So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?Select Luke 16:5

6And hee said, An hundred measures of oyle. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write fiftie.Select Luke 16:6

7Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou? And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill and write fourescore.Select Luke 16:7

8And the lord commended the vniust Steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light.Select Luke 16:8

9And I say vnto you, Make to your selues friends of the Mammon of vnrighteousnesse, that when ye faile, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations.Select Luke 16:9

10Hee that is faithfull in that which is least, is faithfull also in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.Select Luke 16:10

11If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?Select Luke 16:11

12And if ye haue not bene faithful in that which is another mans, who shall giue you that which is your owne?Select Luke 16:12

13No seruant can serue two masters, for either he will hate the one, and loue the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: yee cannot serue God and Mammon.Select Luke 16:13

14And the Pharisees also who were couetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.Select Luke 16:14

15And he said vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men, but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed amongst men, is abomination in the sight of God.Select Luke 16:15

16The law and the Prophets were vntill Iohn: since that time the kingdome of God is preached, and euery man preasseth into it.Select Luke 16:16

17And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile.Select Luke 16:17

18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, & marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoeuer marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.Select Luke 16:18

19There was a certaine rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared sumptuously euery day.Select Luke 16:19

20And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores,Select Luke 16:20

21And desiring to bee fed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans table: moreouer the dogges came and licked his sores.Select Luke 16:21

22And it came to passe that the begger died, and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome: the rich man also died, and was buried.Select Luke 16:22

23And in hell he lift vp his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afarre off, and Lazarus in his bosome:Select Luke 16:23

24And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, haue mercy on mee, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coole my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.Select Luke 16:24

25But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life-time receiuedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus euill things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.Select Luke 16:25

26And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence.Select Luke 16:26

27Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house:Select Luke 16:27

28For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.Select Luke 16:28

29Abraham saith vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets, let them heare them.Select Luke 16:29

30And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.Select Luke 16:30

31And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.Select Luke 16:31