1He also said to his disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward. Someone accused this steward of wasting his master's goods."
2So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your work as steward, for you may not be steward any longer.'
3Then the steward said to himself, 'What shall I do? My master is taking my work away from me. I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
4I know what I will do, so that when I lose my place as steward, people will welcome me into their houses.'
5So he called in every one of his master's debtors. He said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' The steward said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
7Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The steward said to him, 'Take your bill, and write fourscore.'
8And the master praised the dishonest steward, because he had acted wisely. For the children of this world are wiser in their own generation than the children of light.
9And I say to you, make friends for yourselves with the mammon of unrighteousness. Then, when you fail, they may welcome you into everlasting homes.
10Whoever is faithful in what is least is also faithful in much. And whoever is dishonest in what is least is also dishonest in much.
11So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches?
12And 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. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things, and they laughed at him.
15And he said to them, "You are the ones who make yourselves look right in front of people, but God knows your hearts. For what people think highly of is disgusting in God's sight."
16The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
17It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of the law to fail.
18Anyone who sends his wife away and marries another woman commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman who has been sent away from her husband commits adultery.
19There was a rich man, who was dressed in purple and fine linen, and feasted in great luxury every day.
20And there was a beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, covered with sores.
21He longed to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22Then the beggar died, and the angels carried him to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
23In hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24So he called out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'
25But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in the same way received evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are in agony.
26Besides all this, between us and you a great gulf has been fixed. So those who want to go across from here to you cannot, and no one can cross from there to us.'
27Then he said, 'I beg you then, father, send him to my father's house.
28For I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they do not also come to this place of torment.'
30And he said, 'No, father Abraham. But if someone went to them from the dead, they would repent.'