<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3101">disciples</s>, There <sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="4145">rich</s><sn="444">man</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2192">had</s> a <sn="3623">steward</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="3778">same</s> was <sn="1225">accused</s> unto <sn="846">him</s><sn="5613">that</s> he had <sn="1287">wasted</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5224">goods</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="5455">called</s><sn="846">him</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="5101">How</s> is it that I <sn="191">hear</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s>? <sn="591">give</s> an <sn="3056">account</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3622">stewardship</s>; <sn="1063">for</s> thou <sn="1410">mayest</s> be no longer <sn="3621 3756 2089">steward</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3623">steward</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="1722">within</s><sn="1438">himself</s>, <sn="5101">What</s> shall I <sn="4160">do</s>? <sn="3754">for</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2962">lord</s> taketh <sn="851">away</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="1700">me</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3622">stewardship</s>: I <sn="2480 3756">cannot</s><sn="4626">dig</s>; to <sn="1871">beg</s> I am <sn="153">ashamed</s>. </v>
<vn='4'> I am <sn="1097">resolved</s><sn="5101">what</s> to <sn="4160">do</s>, <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> I am put <sn="3179">out</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3622">stewardship</s>, they may <sn="1209">receive</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="3624">houses</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">So</s> he <sn="4341">called</s><sn="1538">every</s><sn="1520">one</s> of <sn="1438">his</s><sn="2962">lord</s> 's <sn="5533">debtors</s><i> unto </i><i> him, </i> and <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4413">first</s>, how <sn="4214">much</s><sn="3784">owest</s> thou unto <sn="3450">my</s><sn="2962">lord</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, A <sn="1540">hundred</s><sn="943">measures</s> of <sn="1637">oil</s>. <sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1209">Take</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1121">bill</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> sit <sn="2523">down</s><sn="5030">quickly</s>, and <sn="1125">write</s><sn="4004">fifty</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1899">Then</s><sn="2036">said</s> he to <sn="2087">another</s>, <sn="1161">And</s> how <sn="4214">much</s><sn="3784">owest</s><sn="4771">thou</s>? <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, A <sn="1540">hundred</s><sn="2884">measures</s> of <sn="4621">wheat</s>. <sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1209">Take</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="1121">bill</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1125">write</s><sn="3589">fourscore</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">lord</s><sn="1867">commended</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="93">unjust</s><sn="3623">steward</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> he had <sn="4160">done</s><sn="5430">wisely</s>: <sn="3754">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="165">world</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="1438">their</s><sn="1074">generation</s><sn="5429">wiser</s><sn="5228">than</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="5457">light</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> And <sn="2504">I</s><sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="4160">Make</s> to <sn="1438">yourselves</s><sn="5384">friends</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3126">mammon</s> of <sn="93">unrighteousness</s>; <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> ye <sn="1587">fail</s>, they may <sn="1209">receive</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="166">everlasting</s><sn="4633">habitations</s>. </v>
<vn='10'> He that is <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1722">in</s> that which is <sn="1646">least</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4183">much</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> he that is <sn="94">unjust</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="1646">least</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="94">unjust</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4183">much</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1487">If</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> ye have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1096">been</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="94">unrighteous</s><sn="3126">mammon</s>, <sn="5101">who</s> will commit to your <sn="4100 5213">trust</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="228">true</s><i> riches </i>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1487">if</s> ye have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1096">been</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1722">in</s> that which is another <sn="245">man</s> 's, <sn="5101">who</s> shall <sn="1325">give</s><sn="5213">you</s> that which is your <sn="5212">own</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3762">No</s><sn="3610">servant</s><sn="1410">can</s><sn="1398">serve</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="2962">masters</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2228">either</s> he will <sn="3404">hate</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1520">one</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2087">other</s>; or <sn="2228">else</s> he will hold <sn="472">to</s> the <sn="1520">one</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2706">despise</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2087">other</s>. Ye <sn="1410 3756">cannot</s><sn="1398">serve</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3126">mammon</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s><sn="2532">also</s>, who <sn="5225">were</s><sn="5366">covetous</s>, <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3956">all</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="1592">derided</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="2075">are</s> they which <sn="1344">justify</s><sn="1438">yourselves</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="444">men</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>: <sn="3754">for</s> that which is highly <sn="5308">esteemed</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="444">men</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="946">abomination</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s><i> were </i><sn="2193">until</s><sn="2491">John</s>: <sn="575">since</s> that <sn="5119">time</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="2097">preached</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> every <sn="3956">man</s><sn="971">presseth</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="846">it</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2123">easier</s> for <sn="3772">heaven</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1093">earth</s> to <sn="3928">pass</s>, <sn="2228">than</s><sn="3391">one</s><sn="2762">tittle</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> to <sn="4098">fail</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3956">Whosoever</s> putteth <sn="630">away</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1060">marrieth</s><sn="2087">another</s>, committeth <sn="3431">adultery</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="1060">marrieth</s> her that is put <sn="630">away</s><sn="575">from</s><i> her </i><sn="435">husband</s> committeth <sn="3431">adultery</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="*1161">There</s><sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="4145">rich</s><sn="444">man</s>, <sn="*2532">which</s> was <sn="1737">clothed</s> in <sn="4209">purple</s><sn="2532">and</s> fine <sn="1040">linen</s>, and <sn="2165">fared</s><sn="2988">sumptuously</s> every <sn="2596 2250">day</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1161">And</s> there <sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="4434">beggar</s><sn="3686">named</s><sn="2976">Lazarus</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> was <sn="906">laid</s><sn="4314">at</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="4440">gate</s>, full of <sn="1669">sores</s>, </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1937">desiring</s> to be <sn="5526">fed</s><sn="575">with</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5589">crumbs</s> which <sn="4098">fell</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s> rich <sn="4145">man</s> 's <sn="5132">table</s>: <sn="235 2532">moreover</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2965">dogs</s><sn="2064">came</s> and <sn="621">licked</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1668">sores</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4434">beggar</s><sn="599">died</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*846">was</s><sn="667">carried</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="32">angels</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="11">Abraham</s> 's <sn="2859">bosom</s>: <sn="3588">the</s> rich <sn="4145">man</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="599">died</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was <sn="2290">buried</s>; </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="86">hell</s> he lifted <sn="1869">up</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>, <sn="5225">being</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="931">torments</s>, and <sn="3708">seeth</s><sn="11">Abraham</s> afar <sn="575 3113">off</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2976">Lazarus</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2859">bosom</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="5455">cried</s> and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="3962">Father</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, have <sn="1653">mercy</s> on <sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3992">send</s><sn="2976">Lazarus</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> he may <sn="911">dip</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="206">tip</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="1147">finger</s> in <sn="5204">water</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2711">cool</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1100">tongue</s>; <sn="3754">for</s> I am <sn="3600">tormented</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="5395">flame</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5043">Son</s>, <sn="3415">remember</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2222">lifetime</s><sn="618">receivedst</s><sn="4675">thy</s> good <sn="18">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3668">likewise</s><sn="2976">Lazarus</s> evil <sn="2556">things</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="3592">he</s> is <sn="3870">comforted</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="4771">thou</s> art <sn="3600">tormented</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1909">beside</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5125">this</s>, <sn="3342">between</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5216">you</s> there is a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="5490">gulf</s><sn="4741">fixed</s>: so <sn="3704">that</s> they which <sn="2309">would</s><sn="1224">pass</s> from <sn="1782">hence</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1410 3361">cannot</s>; <sn="3366">neither</s> can they <sn="1276">pass</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="2248">us</s>, that <i> would </i><i> come </i> from <sn="1564">thence</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1161">Then</s> he <sn="2036">said</s>, I <sn="2065">pray</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="3767">therefore</s>, <sn="3962">father</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> thou wouldest <sn="3992">send</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3962">father</s> 's <sn="3624">house</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="2192">have</s><sn="4002">five</s><sn="80">brethren</s>; <sn="3704">that</s> he may <sn="1263">testify</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="5117">place</s> of <sn="931">torment</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, They <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3475">Moses</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>; let them <sn="191">hear</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="3780">Nay</s>, <sn="3962">father</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="5100">one</s><sn="4198">went</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="575">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>, they will <sn="3340">repent</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, If they <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3475">Moses</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="3756">neither</s> will they be <sn="3982">persuaded</s>, <sn="3761 1437">though</s><sn="5100">one</s><sn="450">rose</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>. </v>