¹ 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.

² 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.

³ 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.

⁴ I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, I may be received into their houses.

⁵ So he called to him every one of his lord’s debtors, and said to the first, How much dost thou owe my lord?

⁶ And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon; that, when it faileth, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹² and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

¹³ 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.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him.

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.

²⁰ And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²¹ and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. But even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²² 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.

²³ And in the underworld he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ 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.

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my father’s house;

²⁸ for I have five brothers; that he may give earnest warning to them, that they too may not come into this place of torment.

²⁹ But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

³⁰ But he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.

³¹ 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.