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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 16 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Luke 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/15.htm" title="Luke 15">◄</a> Luke 16 <a href="../luke/17.htm" title="Luke 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Shrewd Manager</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.1" class="v42_16_1">1</span>Jesus said to his disciples, “There was once a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man was told that the manager was wasting his master's money, </span><span class="v42_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.2" class="v42_16_2">2</span>so he called him in and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in a complete account of your handling of my property, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ </span><span class="v42_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.3" class="v42_16_3">3</span>The servant said to himself, ‘My master is going to dismiss me from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg. </span><span class="v42_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.4" class="v42_16_4">4</span>Now I know what I will do! Then when my job is gone, I shall have friends who will welcome me in their homes.’ </span><span class="v42_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.5" class="v42_16_5">5</span>So he called in all the people who were in debt to his master. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ </span><span class="v42_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.6" class="v42_16_6">6</span>‘One hundred barrels of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Here is your account,’ the manager told him; ‘sit down and write fifty.’ </span><span class="v42_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.7" class="v42_16_7">7</span>Then he asked another one, ‘And you—how much do you owe?’ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he answered. ‘Here is your account,’ the manager told him; ‘write eight hundred.’ </span><span class="v42_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.8" class="v42_16_8">8</span>As a result the master of this dishonest manager praised him for doing such a shrewd thing; because the people of this world are much more shrewd in handling their affairs than the people who belong to the light.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.9" class="v42_16_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And Jesus went on to say, “And so I tell you: make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth, so that when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home. </span><span class="v42_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.10" class="v42_16_10">10</span>Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones. </span><span class="v42_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.11" class="v42_16_11">11</span>If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? </span><span class="v42_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.12" class="v42_16_12">12</span>And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.13" class="v42_16_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “No servant can be the slave of two masters; such a slave will hate one and love the other or will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Some Sayings of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 11:12">Matthew 11.12</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 11:13">13</ref>; <ref loc="MAT 5:31">5.31</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 5:32">32</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 10:11">Mark 10.11</ref>,<ref loc="MRK 10:12">12</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.14" class="v42_16_14">14</span>When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money. </span><span class="v42_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.15" class="v42_16_15">15</span>Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.16" class="v42_16_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “The Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were in effect up to the time of John the Baptist; since then the Good News about the Kingdom of God is being told, and everyone forces their way in. </span><span class="v42_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.17" class="v42_16_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest detail of the Law to be done away with.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.18" class="v42_16_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery; and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Rich Man and Lazarus</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.19" class="v42_16_19">19</span>“There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day. </span><span class="v42_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.20" class="v42_16_20">20</span>There was also a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door, </span><span class="v42_16_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.21" class="v42_16_21">21</span>hoping to eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs would come and lick his sores. </span><span class="v42_16_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.22" class="v42_16_22">22</span>The poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The rich man died and was buried, </span><span class="v42_16_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.23" class="v42_16_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and in Hades,<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.16.23!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. </span><span class="v42_16_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.24" class="v42_16_24">24</span>So he called out, ‘Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!’ </span><span class="v42_16_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.25" class="v42_16_25">25</span>But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain. </span><span class="v42_16_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.26" class="v42_16_26">26</span>Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from where you are.’ </span><span class="v42_16_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.27" class="v42_16_27">27</span>The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house, </span><span class="v42_16_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.28" class="v42_16_28">28</span>where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.’ </span><span class="v42_16_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.29" class="v42_16_29">29</span>Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’ </span><span class="v42_16_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.30" class="v42_16_30">30</span>The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.’ </span><span class="v42_16_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.16.31" class="v42_16_31">31</span>But Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.’”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.23: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Hades: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The world of the dead.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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