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KING JAMES VERSION
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And he said also
unto his disciples, There was a certain rich
man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had
wasted his goods.
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And he called him, and said unto him, How is it
that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou
mayest be no longer steward.
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Then the steward said within himself, What shall
I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg
I am ashamed.
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put
out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors
unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he
said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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Then said he to another, And how much owest
thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him,
Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
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And the lord commended the unjust steward,
because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their
generation wiser than the children of light.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends
of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you
into everlasting habitations.
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He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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And if ye have not been faithful in that which
is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two masters: for either he
will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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And the Pharisees
also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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And he said unto
them, Ye are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed
among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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The law and the prophets were until John: since
that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass,
than one tittle of the law to fail.
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Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away
from her husband committeth adultery.
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There was a certain rich man, which was clothed
in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which
fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and
was buried;
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And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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And 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 tormented in this flame.
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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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And beside all this, between us and you there is
a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify
unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them.
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And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one
went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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