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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

“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.

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, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me 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?

Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe 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.

He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, 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, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, 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.

“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.

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).

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.

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 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.

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 you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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]?

If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is 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 love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to 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.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at 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.

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.

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 were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing 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 for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

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.

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced 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 certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury 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.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, 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 fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and 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.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. 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.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at 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.

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.’

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, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

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.

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.’

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

“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;

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, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

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

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to 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).

“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, 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.

“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.’”