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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 KJV</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="../">KJV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">King James Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/kjv/esv/luke/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So he called every one of his lord's debtors <i>unto him</i>, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true <i>riches</i>? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall 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 else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</p> <a name="14" id="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Law and the Prophets<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/11.htm#7">Matthew 11:7-19</a>; <a href="../luke/1.htm#5">Luke 1:5-25</a>; <a href="../luke/7.htm#24">Luke 7:24-35</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The law and the prophets <i>were</i> until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">Divorce<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/24.htm">Deuteronomy 24:1-5</a>; <a href="../matthew/5.htm#31">Matthew 5:31-32</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from <i>her</i> husband committeth adultery.</p> <a name="19" id="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../john/5.htm#39">John 5:39-47</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that <i>would come</i> from thence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/luke/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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