Thematic Bible

Luke 16:1

And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.

Luke 16:2

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear of thee give back the word of thy stewardship; for thou canst no more be steward.

Luke 16:3

And the steward said in himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away the stewardship from me: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:4

I have resolved what I will do, that, when I should be removed from the stewardship, they might receive me in their houses.

Luke 16:5

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

Luke 16:6

And he said, An hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thou thy book, and having quickly sat down, write fifty.

Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take thy book, and write eighty.

Luke 16:8

And the Lord praised the steward of injustice, because he did wisely: for the sons of this life are wiser than the children of light in their generation.

Luke 16:9

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of injustice; that, when ye fail, they might receive you into lasting tents.

Luke 16:10

He faithful in the least, is also faithful in much: and he unjust in the least, is also unjust in much.

Luke 16:11

If therefore ye were not faithful in the unjust mammon, who shall trust to you the true?

Luke 16:12

And if ye were not faithful with another, who shall give you your own?

Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two lords: for he will either hate one, and love the other; or he will hold firmly to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:14

And the Pharisees heard all these things, being avaricious: and they derided him.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, Ye are they justifying yourselves before men; and God knows your hearts: for the high with men is abomination before God.

Luke 16:16

The law and the prophets until John: from then the kingdom of God announces good news, and every one is forced into it.

Luke 16:17

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one horn of the law to fall.

Luke 16:18

Every one loosing his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery: and every one marrying her having been loosed from the husband commits adultery.

Luke 16:19

A certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, being daily splendidly gladdened:

Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, who was cast at his gate, having been wounded,

Luke 16:21

And eagerly desirous to be fed from crumbs falling from the rich one's table: but also the dogs, coming, licked off his wounds.

Luke 16:22

And it was, the beggar died, and was carried by messengers into Abraham's bosom: and the rich one died also, and was buried;

Luke 16:23

And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke 16:24

And he having called out, said, Father Abraham, pity me, and send Lazarus, that he might dip his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: and now here is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

Luke 16:26

And besides all these, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed: so that they wishing to pass through thence to you could not; neither could they cross over from thence to us.

Luke 16:27

And he said, Then I ask thee, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

Luke 16:28

For I have five brethren; that he might testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Luke 16:29

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

Luke 16:30

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if some one from the dead go to them, they will change the mind.

Luke 16:31

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any rise from the dead, will they be persueded.