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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Luke 16 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/luke/16.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/combine/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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</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">English Revised Version</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 the disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to 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>And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to 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, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, 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, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous 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 riches? <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's, 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 else he will hold to 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, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an 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 were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.</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>Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a 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>Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and a certain beggar named Lazarus 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 that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even 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 that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And in Hades he lifted 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 in anguish 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 Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. <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, that they which would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/16-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And 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>But Abraham saith, 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 go to 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, if one rise from the dead.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/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"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>