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 unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering 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 I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be 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 in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

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 have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to 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 near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou 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.

and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down 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.

`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy 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.

`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

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 out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during 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 who is faithful in the least, also faithful in much; and he who in the least unrighteous, is also unrighteous 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, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?

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 in the other's ye became not faithful -- your own, who shall give to you?

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 domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not 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.

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding 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 those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, 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 till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press 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.

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle 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.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit 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.

`And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously 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 there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, 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 from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking 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 messengers to 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 the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see 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 having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed 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.

`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

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 these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

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

`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest 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 thoroughly 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.

`Abraham saith 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).

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

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 Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'