Luke Chapter 16
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And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
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And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
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Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
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But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
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But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.
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Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over
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them know it not.
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And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.
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And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
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Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build
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their tombs.
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Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and
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some of them they shall kill and persecute;
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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
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from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
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Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
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And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon
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him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
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laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
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In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
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Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
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And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
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But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
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Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
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But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
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And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
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but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
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And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.
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And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.
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And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.
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And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
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And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.
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Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.
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And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
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And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.
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He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
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and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?
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No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serveGod and mammon.
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And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
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And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, butGod knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination beforeGod.
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The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom ofGod are announced, and every one forces his way into it.
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But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
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Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
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Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.
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And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
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and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.
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And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
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And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.
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And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.
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And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
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for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
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But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.
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But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.
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And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Dicebat autem et ad discipulos suos: Homo quidam erat dives, qui habebat villicum: et hic diffamatus est apud illum quasi dissipasset bona ipsius.
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Et vocavit illum, et ait illi: Quid hoc audio de te? redde rationem villicationis tuæ: iam enim non poteris villicare.
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Ait autem villicus intra se: Quid faciam quia dominus meus aufert a me villicationem? fodere non valeo, mendicare erubesco.
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Scio quid faciam, ut, cum amotus fuero a villicatione, recipiant me in domos suas.
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Convocatis itaque singulis debitoribus domini sui, dicebat primo: Quantum debes domino meo?
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At ille dixit: Centum cados olei. Dixitque illi: Accipe cautionem tuam: et sede cito, scribe quinquaginta.
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Deinde alii dixit: Tu vero quantum debes? Qui ait: Centum coros tritici. Ait illi: Accipe litteras tuas, et scribe octoginta.
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Et laudavit dominus villicum iniquitatis, quia prudenter fecisset: quia filii huius sæculi prudentiores filiis lucis in generatione sua sunt.
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Et ego vobis dico: facite vobis amicos de mammona iniquitatis: ut, cum defeceritis, recipiant vos in æterna tabernacula.
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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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Si ergo in iniquo mammona fideles non fuistis: quod verum est, quis credet vobis?
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Et si in alieno fideles non fuistis: quod vestrum est, quis dabit vobis?
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Nemo servus potest duobus dominis servire: aut enim unum odiet, et alterum diliget: aut uni adhærebit, et alterum contemnet: non potestis Deo servire, et mammonæ.
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Audiebant autem omnia hæc Pharisæi, qui erant avari: et deridebant illum.
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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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Lex, et prophetæ usque ad Ioannem: ex eo regnum Dei evangelizatur, et omnis in illud vim facit.
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Facilius est autem cælum, et terram præterire, quam de Lege unum apicem cadere.
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Omnis, qui dimittit uxorem suam, et alteram ducit, mœchatur: et qui dimissam a viro ducit, mœchatur.
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Homo quidam erat dives, qui induebatur purpura, et bysso: et epulabatur quotidie splendide.
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Et erat quidam mendicus, nomine Lazarus, qui iacebat ad ianuam eius, ulceribus plenus,
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cupiens saturari de micis, quæ cadebant de mensa divitis, et nemo illi dabat: sed et canes veniebant, et lingebant ulcera eius.
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Factum est autem ut moreretur mendicus, et portaretur ab Angelis in sinum Abrahæ. Mortuus est autem et dives, et sepultus est in inferno.
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Elevans autem oculos suos, cum esset in tormentis, vidit Abraham a longe, et Lazarum in sinu eius:
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et ipse clamans dixit: Pater Abraham, miserere mei, et mitte Lazarum ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam ut refrigeret linguam meam, quia crucior in hac flamma.
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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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et in his omnibus inter nos, et vos chaos magnum firmatum est: ut hi, qui volunt hinc transire ad vos, non possint, neque inde huc transmeare.
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Et ait: Rogo ergo te pater ut mittas eum in domum patris mei.
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habeo enim quinque fratres, ut testetur illis, ne et ipsi veniant in hunc locum tormentorum.
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Et ait illi Abraham: Habent Moysen, et prophetas: audiant illos.
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At ille dixit: Non, pater Abraham: sed si quis ex mortuis ierit ad eos, pœnitentiam agent.
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Ait autem illi: Si Moysen, et prophetas non audiunt, neque si quis ex mortuis resurrexerit, credent.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
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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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“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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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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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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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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Then he said 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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“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
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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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He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
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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 you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
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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 hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
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The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
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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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“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
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“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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“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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A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
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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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The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
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In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
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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 in anguish in this flame.’
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“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
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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 no one may cross over from there to us.’
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“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
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for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
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“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
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“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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ελεγεν δε και προς τους μαθητας ανθρωπος τις ην πλουσιος ος ειχεν οικονομον και ουτος διεβληθη αυτω ως διασκορπιζων τα υπαρχοντα αυτου
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και φωνησας αυτον ειπεν αυτω τι τουτο ακουω περι σου αποδος τον λογον της οικονομιας σου ου γαρ δυνη ετι οικονομειν
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ειπεν δε εν εαυτω ο οικονομος τι ποιησω οτι ο κυριος μου αφαιρειται την οικονομιαν απ εμου σκαπτειν ουκ ισχυω επαιτειν αισχυνομαι
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εγνων τι ποιησω ινα οταν μετασταθω εκ της οικονομιας δεξωνται με εις τους οικους εαυτων
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και προσκαλεσαμενος ενα εκαστον των χρεοφειλετων του κυριου εαυτου ελεγεν τω πρωτω ποσον οφειλεις τω κυριω μου
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ο δε ειπεν εκατον βατους ελαιου ο δε ειπεν αυτω δεξαι σου τα γραμματα και καθισας ταχεως γραψον πεντηκοντα
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επειτα ετερω ειπεν συ δε ποσον οφειλεις ο δε ειπεν εκατον κορους σιτου λεγει αυτω δεξαι σου τα γραμματα και γραψον ογδοηκοντα
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και επηνεσεν ο κυριος τον οικονομον της αδικιας οτι φρονιμως εποιησεν οτι οι υιοι του αιωνος τουτου φρονιμωτεροι υπερ τους υιους του φωτος εις την γενεαν την εαυτων εισιν
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και εγω υμιν λεγω εαυτοις ποιησατε φιλους εκ του μαμωνα της αδικιας ινα οταν εκλιπη δεξωνται υμας εις τας αιωνιους σκηνας
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ο πιστος εν ελαχιστω και εν πολλω πιστος εστιν και ο εν ελαχιστω αδικος και εν πολλω αδικος εστιν
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ει ουν εν τω αδικω μαμωνα πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το αληθινον τις υμιν πιστευσει
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και ει εν τω αλλοτριω πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το ημετερον τις δωσει υμιν
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ουδεις οικετης δυναται δυσιν κυριοις δουλευειν η γαρ τον ενα μισησει και τον ετερον αγαπησει η ενος ανθεξεται και του ετερου καταφρονησει ου δυνασθε θεω δουλευειν και μαμωνα
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ηκουον δε ταυτα παντα οι φαρισαιοι φιλαργυροι υπαρχοντες και εξεμυκτηριζον αυτον
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και ειπεν αυτοις υμεις εστε οι δικαιουντες εαυτους ενωπιον των ανθρωπων ο δε θεος γινωσκει τας καρδιας υμων οτι το εν ανθρωποις υψηλον βδελυγμα ενωπιον του θεου
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ο νομος και οι προφηται μεχρι ιωαννου απο τοτε η βασιλεια του θεου ευαγγελιζεται και πας εις αυτην βιαζεται
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ευκοπωτερον δε εστιν τον ουρανον και την γην παρελθειν η του νομου μιαν κεραιαν πεσειν
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πας ο απολυων την γυναικα αυτου και γαμων ετεραν μοιχευει και ο απολελυμενην απο ανδρος γαμων μοιχευει
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ανθρωπος δε τις ην πλουσιος και ενεδιδυσκετο πορφυραν και βυσσον ευφραινομενος καθ ημεραν λαμπρως
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πτωχος δε τις ονοματι λαζαρος εβεβλητο προς τον πυλωνα αυτου ειλκωμενος
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και επιθυμων χορτασθηναι απο των πιπτοντων απο της τραπεζης του πλουσιου αλλα και οι κυνες ερχομενοι επελειχον τα ελκη αυτου
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εγενετο δε αποθανειν τον πτωχον και απενεχθηναι αυτον υπο των αγγελων εις τον κολπον αβρααμ απεθανεν δε και ο πλουσιος και εταφη
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και εν τω αδη επαρας τους οφθαλμους αυτου υπαρχων εν βασανοις ορα αβρααμ απο μακροθεν και λαζαρον εν τοις κολποις αυτου
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και αυτος φωνησας ειπεν πατερ αβρααμ ελεησον με και πεμψον λαζαρον ινα βαψη το ακρον του δακτυλου αυτου υδατος και καταψυξη την γλωσσαν μου οτι οδυνωμαι εν τη φλογι ταυτη
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ειπεν δε αβρααμ τεκνον μνησθητι οτι απελαβες τα αγαθα σου εν τη ζωη σου και λαζαρος ομοιως τα κακα νυν δε ωδε παρακαλειται συ δε οδυνασαι
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και εν πασιν τουτοις μεταξυ ημων και υμων χασμα μεγα εστηρικται οπως οι θελοντες διαβηναι ενθεν προς υμας μη δυνωνται μηδε εκειθεν προς ημας διαπερωσιν
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ειπεν δε ερωτω σε ουν πατερ ινα πεμψης αυτον εις τον οικον του πατρος μου
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εχω γαρ πεντε αδελφους οπως διαμαρτυρηται αυτοις ινα μη και αυτοι ελθωσιν εις τον τοπον τουτον της βασανου
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λεγει δε αβρααμ εχουσιν μωυσεα και τους προφητας ακουσατωσαν αυτων
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ο δε ειπεν ουχι πατερ αβρααμ αλλ εαν τις απο νεκρων πορευθη προς αυτους μετανοησουσιν
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ειπεν δε αυτω ει μωυσεως και των προφητων ουκ ακουουσιν ουδ εαν τις εκ νεκρων αναστη πεισθησονται
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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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;
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and having called him, he said to him, What <FI>is<Fi> this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
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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: --
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
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if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?
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and if in the other's ye became not faithful--your own, who shall give to you?
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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.'
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And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,
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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, <FI>is<Fi> abomination before God;
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the law and the prophets <FI>are<Fi> till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
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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.
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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.
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`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
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and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of 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.
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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;
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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,
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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.
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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;
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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.
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`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,
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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.
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`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
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and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
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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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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).