Thematic Bible
Luke 16:1 (show verse)
And he said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.
Luke 16:2 (show verse)
And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
Luke 16:3 (show verse)
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do, now that my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? I cannot dig, I am ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:4 (show verse)
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, I may be received into their houses.
Luke 16:5 (show verse)
So he called to him every one of his lords debtors, and said to the first, How much dost thou owe my lord?
Luke 16:6 (show verse)
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Luke 16:7 (show verse)
Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy bond, and write eighty.
Luke 16:8 (show verse)
And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.
Luke 16:9 (show verse)
And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon; that, when it faileth, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.
Luke 16:10 (show verse)
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.
Luke 16:11 (show verse)
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Luke 16:12 (show verse)
and if ye have not been faithful in that which is anothers, who will give you that which is your own?
Luke 16:13 (show verse)
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 16:14 (show verse)
And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him.
Luke 16:15 (show verse)
And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly exalted among men is an abomination before God.
Luke 16:16 (show verse)
The Law and the Prophets were till John; from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God have been published, and every one is forcing his way into it.
Luke 16:17 (show verse)
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke 16:18 (show verse)
Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and he who marrieth a woman that hath been put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
Luke 16:19 (show verse)
There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.
Luke 16:20 (show verse)
And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luke 16:21 (show verse)
and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich mans table. But even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22 (show verse)
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:23 (show verse)
And in the underworld he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:24 (show verse)
And he called and said, Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus to 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, Son, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.
Luke 16:26 (show verse)
And besides all this, between us and you there is placed a great gulf, so that those who wish to cross from hence to you may not be able, and that those on that side cannot cross over to us.
Luke 16:27 (show verse)
Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my fathers house;
Luke 16:28 (show verse)
for I have five brothers; that he may give earnest warning to them, that they too may not come into this place of torment.
Luke 16:29 (show verse)
But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Luke 16:30 (show verse)
But he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.
Luke 16:31 (show verse)
But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.