16:1 Jesus ¹  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ²  that his manager ³  was wasting ⁴  his assets. 16:2 So ⁵  he called the manager ⁶  in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? ⁷  Turn in the account of your administration, ⁸  because you can no longer be my manager.’ 16:3 Then ⁹  the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position ¹⁰  away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, ¹¹  and I’m too ashamed ¹²  to beg. 16:4 I know ¹³  what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ ¹⁴  16:5 So ¹⁵  he contacted ¹⁶  his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 16:6 The man ¹⁷  replied, ‘A hundred measures ¹⁸  of olive oil.’ The manager ¹⁹  said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ ²⁰  16:7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ The second man ²¹  replied, ‘A hundred measures ²²  of wheat.’ The manager ²³  said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ ²⁴  16:8 The ²⁵  master commended the dishonest ²⁶  manager because he acted shrewdly. ²⁷  For the people ²⁸  of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries ²⁹  than the people ³⁰  of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, ³¹  so that when it runs out you will be welcomed ³²  into the eternal homes. ³³ 

16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ³⁴  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ³⁵  in handling worldly wealth, ³⁶  who will entrust you with the true riches? ³⁷  16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ³⁸  with someone else’s property, ³⁹  who will give you your own ⁴⁰ ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate ⁴¹  the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise ⁴²  the other. You cannot serve God and money.” ⁴³ 

16:14 The Pharisees ⁴⁴  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ⁴⁵  him. 16:15 But ⁴⁶  Jesus ⁴⁷  said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, ⁴⁸  but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized ⁴⁹  among men is utterly detestable ⁵⁰  in God’s sight.

16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force ⁵¹  until John; ⁵²  since then, ⁵³  the good news of the kingdom of God ⁵⁴  has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. ⁵⁵  16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter ⁵⁶  in the law to become void. ⁵⁷ 

16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries ⁵⁸  someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple ⁵⁹  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ⁶⁰  every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay ⁶¹  a poor man named Lazarus ⁶²  whose body was covered with sores, ⁶³  16:21 who longed to eat ⁶⁴  what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs ⁶⁵  came and licked ⁶⁶  his sores.

16:22 “Now ⁶⁷  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. ⁶⁸  The ⁶⁹  rich man also died and was buried. ⁷⁰  16:23 And in hell, ⁷¹  as he was in torment, ⁷²  he looked up ⁷³  and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. ⁷⁴  16:24 So ⁷⁵  he called out, ⁷⁶  ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus ⁷⁷  to dip the tip of his finger ⁷⁸  in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish ⁷⁹  in this fire.’ ⁸⁰  16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, ⁸¹  remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. ⁸²  16:26 Besides all this, ⁸³  a great chasm ⁸⁴  has been fixed between us, ⁸⁵  so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So ⁸⁶  the rich man ⁸⁷  said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus ⁸⁸  to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn ⁸⁹  them so that they don’t come ⁹⁰  into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, ⁹¹  ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to ⁹²  them.’ 16:30 Then ⁹³  the rich man ⁹⁴  said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead ⁹⁵  goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He ⁹⁶  replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to ⁹⁷  Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” ⁹⁸ 

17:1 Jesus ⁹⁹  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ¹⁰⁰  to the one through whom they come! 17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone ¹⁰¹  tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea ¹⁰²  than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. ¹⁰³  17:3 Watch ¹⁰⁴  yourselves! If ¹⁰⁵  your brother ¹⁰⁶  sins, rebuke him. If ¹⁰⁷  he repents, forgive him. 17:4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive ¹⁰⁸  him.”

17:5 The ¹⁰⁹  apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ¹¹⁰  17:6 So ¹¹¹  the Lord replied, ¹¹²  “If ¹¹³  you had faith the size of ¹¹⁴  a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry ¹¹⁵  tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ ¹¹⁶  and it would obey ¹¹⁷  you.

17:7 “Would any one of you say ¹¹⁸  to your slave ¹¹⁹  who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’? ¹²⁰  17:8 Won’t ¹²¹  the master ¹²²  instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready ¹²³  to serve me while ¹²⁴  I eat and drink. Then ¹²⁵  you may eat and drink’? 17:9 He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, ¹²⁶  will he? ¹²⁷  17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; ¹²⁸  we have only done what was our duty.’” ¹²⁹