1 Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" his|strong="G0846" followers, “Once there|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G0444". He|strong="G2532" hired a|strong="G2192" manager|strong="G3623" to|strong="G4314" take|strong="G2192" care of|strong="G5100" his|strong="G0846" business. Later, he|strong="G2532" learned that|strong="G3739" his|strong="G0846" manager|strong="G3623" was|strong="G1510" cheating him|strong="G0846".
2 So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" manager|strong="G3621" in|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", ‘I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191" bad things|strong="G3778" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G4771". Give|strong="G0591" me|strong="G3004" a|strong="G0191" report|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" what|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G2532" done with|strong="G2532" my|strong="G0191" money|strong="G0846". You|strong="G4771" can’t|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" my|strong="G0191" manager|strong="G3621" anymore|strong="G2089".’
3 “So|strong="G1161", the|strong="G3588" manager|strong="G3623" thought|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" himself|strong="G1438", ‘What|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160"? My|strong="G1722" master|strong="G2962" is|strong="G5101" taking|strong="G0851" my|strong="G1722" job away|strong="G0851" from|strong="G0575" me|strong="G3004". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G2480" not|strong="G3756" strong|strong="G2480" enough|strong="G2480" to|strong="G3004" dig|strong="G4626" ditches. I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G2480" too proud to|strong="G3004" beg|strong="G1871".
4 I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160"! I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" do|strong="G4160" something|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" friends, so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G1473" lose my|strong="G4160" job, they|strong="G3752" will|strong="G5101" welcome|strong="G1209" me|strong="G1473" into|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" homes|strong="G3624".’
5 “So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" manager called|strong="G3004" in|strong="G2532" each|strong="G1538" person|strong="G1538" who|strong="G3588" owed|strong="G3784" the|strong="G3588" master|strong="G2962" some|strong="G3588" money. He|strong="G2532" asked|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" one|strong="G1520", ‘How|strong="G4214" much|strong="G4214" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" owe|strong="G3784" my|strong="G3004" master|strong="G2962"?’
6 He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" owe him|strong="G0846" 100 jars of|strong="G3004" olive|strong="G1637" oil|strong="G1637".’ The|strong="G3588" manager said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", ‘Here is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" bill|strong="G1121". Hurry! Sit|strong="G2523" down|strong="G2523" and|strong="G2532" make the|strong="G3588" bill|strong="G1121" less. Write|strong="G1125" 50 jars.’
7 “Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" manager asked|strong="G3004" another|strong="G2087" one|strong="G3588", ‘How|strong="G4214" much|strong="G4214" do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G4771" owe|strong="G3784" my|strong="G3004" master?’ He|strong="G2532" answered|strong="G3004", ‘I|strong="G2532" owe|strong="G3784" him|strong="G0846" 100 measures|strong="G2884" of|strong="G3004" wheat|strong="G4621".’ Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" manager said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", ‘Here is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" bill|strong="G1121"; you|strong="G4771" can|strong="G3004" make it|strong="G0846" less. Write|strong="G1125" 80 measures|strong="G2884".’
8 “Later, the|strong="G3588" master|strong="G2962" told the|strong="G3588" dishonest manager|strong="G3623" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4160" a|strong="G1510" smart thing|strong="G3778". Yes, worldly|strong="G0165" people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" smarter in|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" business with|strong="G2532" each|strong="G1438" other|strong="G1438" than|strong="G5228" spiritual people|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510".
9 “I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210", use the|strong="G3588" worldly things|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" ‘friends’ for|strong="G1519" later. Then|strong="G2532", when|strong="G3752" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" gone, you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="G1209" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G4160" home that|strong="G2443" lasts forever|strong="G1519".
10 Whoever|strong="G3588" can be|strong="G1510" trusted with|strong="G1722" small|strong="G1646" things|strong="G4183" can also|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" trusted with|strong="G1722" big things|strong="G4183". Whoever|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" dishonest|strong="G0094" in|strong="G1722" little|strong="G1646" things|strong="G4183" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" dishonest|strong="G0094" in|strong="G1722" big things|strong="G4183" too|strong="G2532".
11 If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" trusted with|strong="G1722" worldly riches, you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" trusted with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" true|strong="G0228" riches.
12 And|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G5210" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" trusted with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G1096" belong to|strong="G2532" someone else|strong="G2532", you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1096" given|strong="G1325" anything|strong="G5101" of|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G0245".
13 “You|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G3756" serve|strong="G1398" two|strong="G1417" masters|strong="G2962" at|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G2532" time. You|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" hate|strong="G3404" one|strong="G1520" master|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" love|strong="G0025" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G2087". Or|strong="G2228" you|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" loyal to|strong="G1410" one|strong="G1520" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" care about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G2087". You|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G3756" serve|strong="G1398" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" Money|strong="G3126" at|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" same|strong="G2532" time.”
14 The|strong="G3956" Pharisees|strong="G5330" were|strong="G3956" listening|strong="G0191" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778". They|strong="G0846" criticized Jesus|strong="G0846" because|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" loved money|strong="G5366".
15 Jesus|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" make yourselves|strong="G1438" look good|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" people|strong="G0444". But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" knows|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" really in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588". What|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0444" think is|strong="G1510" important is|strong="G1510" worth nothing to|strong="G3004" God|strong="G2316".
16 “Before|strong="G1519" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G3956" Baptizer came, people|strong="G3956" were|strong="G3956" taught the|strong="G3956" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G0932" Moses|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" writings of|strong="G0932" the|strong="G3956" prophets|strong="G4396". But|strong="G2532" since|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G5119" of|strong="G0932" John|strong="G2491", the|strong="G3956" Good|strong="G2097" News|strong="G2097" about|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" kingdom|strong="G0932" is|strong="G2316" being told. And|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" is|strong="G2316" trying hard to|strong="G1519" get into|strong="G1519" it|strong="G0846".
17 But|strong="G1161" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" smallest|strong="G1520" part of|strong="G3551" a|strong="G1510" letter|strong="G2762" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" cannot be|strong="G1510" changed. It|strong="G1161" would|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" easier|strong="G2123" for|strong="G1520" heaven|strong="G3772" and|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" to|strong="G2532" pass|strong="G3928" away|strong="G3928".
18 “Any|strong="G3956" man|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3588" divorces|strong="G0630" his|strong="G0846" wife|strong="G1135" and|strong="G2532" marries|strong="G1060" another|strong="G2087" woman|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" guilty of|strong="G0575" adultery|strong="G3431". And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" man|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3588" marries|strong="G1060" a|strong="G2532" divorced|strong="G0630" woman|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" guilty of|strong="G0575" adultery|strong="G3431".”
19 Jesus|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2532", “There|strong="G1510" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G0444" who|strong="G0444" always dressed|strong="G1737" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" finest clothes. He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" so|strong="G2532" rich|strong="G4145" that|strong="G2250" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" able to|strong="G2596" enjoy all the|strong="G2532" best things|strong="G5100" every|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250".
20 There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" also|strong="G1161" a|strong="G0906" very|strong="G0846" poor|strong="G4434" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Lazarus|strong="G2976". Lazarus’ body was|strong="G3588" covered|strong="G1669" with|strong="G4314" sores|strong="G1669". He|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" often put|strong="G0906" by|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" rich man’s|strong="G5100" gate|strong="G4440".
21 Lazarus|strong="G0846" wanted only|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2064" eat the|strong="G3588" scraps of|strong="G0575" food|strong="G5132" left|strong="G0575" on|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" floor under the|strong="G3588" rich|strong="G4145" man’s|strong="G4145" table|strong="G5132". And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" dogs|strong="G2965" came|strong="G2064" and|strong="G2532" licked his|strong="G0846" sores|strong="G1668".
22 “Later, Lazarus|strong="G0846" died|strong="G0599". The|strong="G3588" angels|strong="G0032" took|strong="G1096" him|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" placed him|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" arms of|strong="G3588" Abraham|strong="G0011". The|strong="G3588" rich|strong="G4145" man|strong="G4145" also|strong="G2532" died|strong="G0599" and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" buried|strong="G2290".
23 He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" sent to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G1722" of|strong="G0575" death and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" great|strong="G3113" pain. He|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" Abraham|strong="G0011" far|strong="G3588" away|strong="G0575" with|strong="G1722" Lazarus|strong="G2976" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" arms.
24 He|strong="G2532" called|strong="G3004", ‘Father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="G0011", have|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" on|strong="G1722" me|strong="G3004"! Send|strong="G3992" Lazarus|strong="G2976" to|strong="G2443" me|strong="G3004" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" dip|strong="G0911" his|strong="G0846" finger|strong="G1147" in|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204" and|strong="G2532" cool|strong="G2711" my|strong="G1722" tongue|strong="G1100". I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G3600" suffering|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" fire|strong="G5395"!’
25 “But|strong="G1161" Abraham|strong="G0011" said|strong="G3004", ‘My|strong="G1722" child|strong="G5043", remember|strong="G3403" when|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" lived? You|strong="G4771" had|strong="G3748" all|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" good|strong="G0018" things|strong="G0018" in|strong="G1722" life|strong="G2222". But|strong="G1161" Lazarus|strong="G2976" had|strong="G3748" nothing but|strong="G1161" problems. Now|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G0018" comforted|strong="G3870" here|strong="G5602", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" suffering|strong="G1722".
26 Also|strong="G2532", there|strong="G1564" is|strong="G3778" a|strong="G2532" big|strong="G3173" pit between|strong="G3342" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1722". No|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3778" can|strong="G1410" cross|strong="G1276" over|strong="G1276" to|strong="G4314" help you|strong="G5210", and|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G3778" can|strong="G1410" come|strong="G1224" here|strong="G1759" from|strong="G3361" there|strong="G1564".’
27 “The|strong="G3588" rich man said|strong="G3004", ‘Then|strong="G3767" please|strong="G2065", father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="G0846", send|strong="G3992" Lazarus|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3004" father’s|strong="G3962" house|strong="G3624" on|strong="G1519" earth.
28 I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" five|strong="G4002" brothers|strong="G0080". He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2192" warn|strong="G1263" my|strong="G2192" brothers|strong="G0080" so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G0846" will|strong="G3778" not|strong="G3361" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" place|strong="G5117" of|strong="G0080" pain.’
29 “But|strong="G1161" Abraham|strong="G0011" said|strong="G3004", ‘They|strong="G0846" have|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3588" Law of|strong="G0191" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" writings of|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396" to|strong="G3004" read; let|strong="G3004" them|strong="G0846" learn from|strong="G0191" that|strong="G3004".’
30 “The|strong="G3588" rich man|strong="G5100" said|strong="G3004", ‘No|strong="G3780", father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="G0011"! But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1437" someone|strong="G5100" came to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498", then|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" would|strong="G5100" decide to|strong="G4314" change their|strong="G0846" lives.’
31 “But|strong="G1161" Abraham|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" him|strong="G0846", ‘If|strong="G1487" your|strong="G1437" brothers won’t|strong="G3756" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G3004" Moses|strong="G3475" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396", they|strong="G0846" won’t|strong="G3756" listen|strong="G0191" to|strong="G3004" someone|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G2532" back from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498".’”