Luke 16

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 He also said to his disciples, 'There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to himfor being wasteful with his property.	1 Then he also said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.
2 He called for the man and said, "What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of yourstewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer."	2 He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.'
3 Then the steward said to himself, "Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I todo? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed.	3 The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
4 Ah, I know what I wil do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some towelcome me into their homes."	4 I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.'
5 'Then he called his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, "How much do you owe mymaster?"	5 He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6 "One hundred measures of oil," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond; sit down and quickly write fifty."	6 He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'
7 To another he said, "And you, sir, how much do you owe?" "One hundred measures of wheat," hesaid. The steward said, "Here, take your bond and write eighty."	7 Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.'
8 'The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are moreastute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light.'	8 And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.
9 'And so I tel you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when itfails you, they wil welcome you into eternal dwel ings.	9 I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
10 Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in littlethings is dishonest in great.	10 The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.
11 If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who wil trust you with genuine riches?	11 If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
12 And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?	12 If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
13 'No servant can be the slave of two masters: he wil either hate the first and love the second, or beattached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.'	13 No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him.	14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.
15 He said to them, 'You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people's sight, but Godknows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.	15 And he said to them, "You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 'Up to the time of John it was the Law and the Prophets; from then onwards, the kingdom of God hasbeen preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.	16 "The law and the prophets lasted until John; but from then on the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone who enters does so with violence.
17 'It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one little stroke to drop out of the Law.	17 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter of the law to become invalid.
18 'Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries awoman divorced by her husband commits adultery.	18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
19 'There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day.	19 "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.
20 And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores,	20 And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
21 who longed to fil himself with what fel from the rich man's table. Even dogs came and licked hissores.	21 who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
22 Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham'sembrace. The rich man also died and was buried.	22 When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,
23 'In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his embrace.	23 and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
24 So he cried out, "Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water andcool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames."	24 And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
25 Abraham said, "My son, remember that during your life you had your fill of good things, just asLazarus his fill of bad. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.	25 Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
26 But that is not al : between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to prevent those who want tocross from our side to yours or from your side to ours."	26 Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'
27 'So he said, "Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father's house,	27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, send him to my father's house,
28 since I have five brothers, to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too."	28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.'
29 Abraham said, "They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them."	29 But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
30 The rich man replied, "Ah no, father Abraham, but if someone comes to them from the dead, they willrepent."	30 He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
31 Then Abraham said to him, "If they wil not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they wil not beconvinced even if someone should rise from the dead."	31 Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"