Thematic Bible
Luke 16:1 (show verse)
And he said also unto his disciples, "There was a certain rich man, which had a steward, that was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Luke 16:2 (show verse)
And he called him, and said unto him, 'How is it, that I hear this of thee? Give accounts of thy stewardship. For thou mayest be no longer my steward.'
Luke 16:3 (show verse)
The steward said within himself, 'What shall I do? For my master will take away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig, and to beg, I am ashamed.
Luke 16:4 (show verse)
I know what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'
Luke 16:5 (show verse)
Then called he all his master's debtors, and said unto the first, 'How much owest thou unto my master?'
Luke 16:6 (show verse)
And he said, 'An hundred tonnes of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
Luke 16:7 (show verse)
Then said he to another, 'What owest thou?' And he said, 'An hundred quarters of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take thy bill, and write fourscore.'
Luke 16:8 (show verse)
And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.
Luke 16:9 (show verse)
And I say also unto you, Make you friends of the wicked mammon, that when ye shall have need they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Luke 16:10 (show verse)
He that is faithful in that which is least: the same is faithful in much.
Luke 16:11 (show verse)
So then if ye have not been faithful in the wicked mammon, who will believe you in that which is true?
Luke 16:12 (show verse)
And if ye have not been faithful in another man's business: who shall give you your own?
Luke 16:13 (show verse)
No servant can serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God, and mammon."
Luke 16:14 (show verse)
All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous. And they mocked him,
Luke 16:15 (show verse)
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 abominable in the sight of God.
Luke 16:16 (show verse)
The law, and the prophets reigned until the time of John: and since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every man striveth to go in.
Luke 16:17 (show verse)
Sooner shall heaven and earth perish, than one tittle of the law shall perish.
Luke 16:18 (show verse)
Whosoever forsaketh his wife, and marrieth another, breaketh matrimony. And every man which marrieth her that is divorced from her husband committeth adultery also.
Luke 16:19 (show verse)
"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.
Luke 16:20 (show verse)
And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores,
Luke 16:21 (show verse)
desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22 (show verse)
And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.
Luke 16:23 (show verse)
And being in hell, in torments, he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom;
Luke 16:24 (show verse)
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.'
Luke 16:25 (show verse)
But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.
Luke 16:26 (show verse)
Beyond all this, between you and us there is a great space set, so that they which would go from hence to you, cannot: neither may come from thence to us.'
Luke 16:27 (show verse)
Then he said, 'I pray thee therefore father, send him to my father's house.
Luke 16:28 (show verse)
For I have five brethren: for to warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'
Luke 16:29 (show verse)
Abraham said unto him, 'They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.'
Luke 16:30 (show verse)
And he said, 'Nay, father Abraham, but if one came unto them from the dead they would repent.'
Luke 16:31 (show verse)
He said unto him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from death again.'"