1 A lso said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager of his estate, and accusations were brought to him, that he was squandering his possessions.

And he said also to disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.

2 A nd he called him and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can be manager no longer.

And having called him, he said to him, What this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

3 A nd the manager of the estate said to himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking the management away from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

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.

4 I have come to know what I will do, so that they may accept and welcome me into their houses when I am put out of the management.

I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

5 S o he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

And having called to each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

6 H e said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and sit down quickly and write fifty.

And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

7 A fter that he said to another, And how much do you owe? He said, A hundred measures of wheat. He said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and write eighty.

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.

8 A nd master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in '> relation to] their own generation '> kind] than are the sons of light.

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.

9 A nd I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon ( deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings).

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.

10 H e who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little is dishonest and unjust also in much.

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.

11 T herefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon ( deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will entrust to you the true riches?

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

12 A nd if you have not proved faithful in that which belongs to another, who will give you that which is your own '> the true riches]?

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

13 N o servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or anything in which you trust and on which you rely).

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 serve God and mammon.

14 N ow the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things, and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

15 B ut He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God.

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

16 U ntil John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in '> own way rather than God’s way into it].

The law and the prophets until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

17 Y et it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void.

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

18 W hoever divorces (dismisses and repudiates) his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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.

19 T here was a certain rich man who clothed himself in purple and fine linen and reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day.

Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

20 A nd at his gate there was dropped down and left a certain utterly destitute man named Lazarus, covered with '> ulcerated] sores.

And a poor man, by name Lazarus, was laid at his gateway full of sores,

21 H e desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores.

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.

22 A nd it occurred that the man begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

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.

23 A nd in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 A nd he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity and mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.

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.

25 B ut Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

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.

26 A nd besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who want to pass from this to you may not be able, and no one may pass from there to us.

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 from there pass over unto us.

27 A nd said, Then, father, I beseech you to send him to my father’s house—

And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

28 F or I have five brothers—so that he may give testimony and warn them, lest they too come into this place of torment.

for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

29 B ut Abraham said, They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear and listen to them.

But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

30 B ut he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent ( change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins).

But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

31 H e said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe if someone should rise from the dead.

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among dead will they be persuaded.