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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/luke/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">The Unjust Steward (Manager)</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager [of his estate], and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that this man was squandering his [master’s] possessions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The manager [of the estate] said to himself, ‘What will I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig [for a living], and I am ashamed to beg. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, people [who are my master’s debtors] will welcome me into their homes.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He said, ‘A hundred <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>fifty.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore if you have not been faithful in the <i>use of</i> earthly wealth, who will entrust the true <i>riches</i> to you? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And if you have not been faithful in <i>the use of</i> that [earthly wealth] which belongs to another [whether God or man, and of which you are a trustee], who will give you that which is your own? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand devotedly by the one and despise the other. You cannot serve <i>both</i> God and mammon [that is, your earthly possessions or anything else you trust in and rely on instead of God].” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering <i>and</i> ridiculing Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just <i>and</i> upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“The Law and the [writings of the] Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God has been <i>and</i> continues to be preached, and everyone tries forcefully to go into it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a letter of the Law to fail <i>and</i> become void. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. <p class="hdg">The Rich Man and Lazarus</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated <i>and</i> lived joyously in splendor every day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He [eagerly] longed to eat the <i>crumbs</i> which fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So the rich man said, ‘Then, father [Abraham], I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>for I have five brothers--in order that he may <i>solemnly</i> warn them <i>and</i> witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But Abraham said, ‘They have [the Scriptures given by] Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets; let them listen to them.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He replied, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent [they will change their old way of thinking and seek God and His righteousness].’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to [the messages of] Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Gr <i>baths,</i> a Hebrew unit of measure equaling about 7-8 gal.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> It is possible that the manager was releasing the debtors from unlawful interest he was charging them (cf v 2)<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Gr <i>kors,</i> one kor equals 10-12 bushels.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Gr <i>mamona,</i> from Aram <i>mammon,</i> signifying riches, wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>lap</i>. The Greek word basically means a fold, and could refer either to the fold of a robe over the chest or to the fold of a lap, formed when the legs are placed together. 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