Luke 16

¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 4:10Matt 25:14-301 Cor 4:1-2Jas 4:3Luke 12:42Titus 1:7Luke 15:13Luke 15:30Luke 19:20Matt 18:23-24

²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 4:51 Sam 2:23-241 Tim 5:242 Cor 5:10Eccl 11:9-10Eccl 12:14Rev 20:121 Cor 1:111 Cor 4:21 Cor 4:5

³Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Thess 3:11Acts 3:2Esth 6:6Hos 9:5Isa 10:3Jer 5:31John 9:8Luke 12:17Luke 16:20Luke 16:22

⁴I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jas 3:15Jer 4:22Prov 30:9

⁵So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 7:41-42Matt 18:24

⁶And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 16:12Titus 2:10Luke 16:9

⁷Then 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 20:12Luke 20:9Song 8:11-12

⁸And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:5Eph 5:8John 12:36Luke 16:10Prov 6:6-8Exod 1:101 Cor 3:181 John 3:10Luke 16:42 Sam 13:3

⁹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 19:211 Tim 6:17-19Dan 4:27Matt 6:24Prov 19:17Luke 14:14Luke 16:111 Tim 6:9-10Luke 12:33Isa 58:7-8

¹⁰He 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 16:11-12Matt 25:21Luke 19:17Matt 25:23Heb 3:2

¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:33Jas 2:5Prov 8:18-19Eph 3:8Luke 16:9Luke 18:22Rev 3:18

¹²And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 19:13-26Job 1:21Matt 25:14-291 Pet 1:4-51 Chr 29:14-16Ezek 16:16-21

¹³No 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 2:15-16Matt 6:24Jas 4:4Rom 8:5-8Josh 24:15Luke 14:26Luke 11:23Matt 4:10Luke 16:9Rom 6:16-22

¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 23:35Luke 12:15Luke 20:47Isa 56:11Jer 6:13Jer 8:10Matt 23:132 Tim 3:2Ezek 22:25-29Ezek 33:31

¹⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 16:7Prov 21:21 Cor 4:5Jer 17:10Prov 16:5Acts 15:81 Pet 3:4Luke 11:391 Chr 29:17Luke 10:29

¹⁶The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 11:9-14Matt 21:32Acts 3:24-25Matt 3:2John 1:45Luke 7:26-29Luke 16:31Acts 3:18Luke 10:9Luke 16:29

¹⁷And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 5:18Luke 21:331 Pet 1:25Isa 40:8Rom 3:31Isa 51:6Ps 102:25-27Rev 20:11Rev 21:1Rev 21:4

¹⁸Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 19:9Mark 10:11-12Matt 5:31-321 Cor 7:10-121 Cor 7:4

¹⁹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 16:49Luke 18:24-25Amos 6:4-6Ezek 27:7Jas 5:1-5Ezek 16:13Job 21:11-15Judg 8:26Luke 12:16-21Luke 16:1

²⁰And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 3:2Jas 2:5Job 2:71 Sam 2:8Isa 1:6Jas 1:9Luke 16:21Ps 34:19Jer 8:22John 11:1

²¹And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 15:27John 6:12Mark 7:281 Cor 4:112 Cor 11:27

²²And 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; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 2:24Ps 49:16-19Jas 1:11Rev 14:13Eccl 8:10Matt 18:10Prov 14:32Ps 49:6-12Heb 1:14Isa 57:1-2

²³And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Pet 2:4Luke 16:28Matt 18:9Matt 23:33Matt 8:11-12Ps 9:17Rev 14:10-11Isa 14:15Isa 14:9Luke 8:28

²⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 4:10Rev 22:1John 4:14Rev 7:16-17Matt 25:41Jas 3:6Luke 16:30Luke 3:8Rev 20:15Isa 66:24

²⁵But 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 6:241 John 2:15Ps 17:14Mark 9:45Phil 3:19Rom 8:7Acts 14:22Ps 37:35-361 Thess 3:3Heb 11:25

²⁶And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 3:36Ps 49:14Ps 50:22Jas 1:11-122 Thess 1:4-10Jas 5:1-7Mal 3:18Matt 25:46Rev 20:10

²⁷Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²⁸For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 49:12-13Acts 2:401 Thess 4:6Acts 20:23

²⁹Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 15:21Luke 24:272 Pet 1:19-212 Tim 3:15-17Acts 17:11-12Isa 34:16Isa 8:20John 5:39-47Luke 16:16Mal 4:2-4

³⁰And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 16:24Rev 16:9-11Luke 13:5Luke 3:8Luke 13:3

³¹And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 4:3John 11:43-53Acts 19:8Acts 26:28Acts 28:232 Cor 5:11John 12:10-11