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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of Luke—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was [a]reported to him as 1squandering his possessions.
  2. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
  3. The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my [b]master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
  4. I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’
  5. And he summoned each one of his [c]master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
  6. And he said, ‘A hundred [d]measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
  7. Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred [e]measures of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
  8. And his [f]master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of 2this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [g]kind than the 3sons of light.
  9. And I say to you, 4make friends for yourselves by means of the [h]5wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, 6they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.
  10. ¶ “7He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.
  11. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous [i]8wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
  12. And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
  13. 9No [j]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [k]10wealth.”
  14. ¶ Now the Pharisees, who were 11lovers of money, were listening to all these things and 12were scoffing at Him.
  15. And He said to them, “You are those who 13justify yourselves [l]in the sight of men, but 14God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable [m]in the sight of God.
  16. ¶ “15The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time 16the gospel of the kingdom of God [n]has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
  17. 17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [o]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
  18. ¶ “18Everyone who [p]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is [q]divorced from a husband commits adultery.
  19. ¶ “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.
  20. And a poor man named Lazarus 19was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
  21. and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
  22. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to 20Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.
  23. In 21Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
  24. And he cried out and said, ‘22Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in 23this flame.’
  25. But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that 24during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
  26. And [r]besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’
  27. And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—
  28. for I have five brothers—in order that he may 25warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
  29. But Abraham *said, ‘They have 26Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
  30. But he said, ‘No, 27father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’
  31. But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or accused
  2. ^ Or lord
  3. ^ Or lord’s
  4. ^ Gr baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 7 1/2 gal.
  5. ^ Gr kors, one kor equals between 10 and 12 bu
  6. ^ Or lord
  7. ^ Lit generation
  8. ^ Gr mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
  9. ^ Gr mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
  10. ^ Or house-servant
  11. ^ Gr mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
  12. ^ Lit before
  13. ^ Lit before
  14. ^ Lit is preached
  15. ^ I.e. projection of a letter (serif)
  16. ^ Or sends away
  17. ^ Or sent away
  18. ^ Lit in all these things

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 15:13
  2. ^ Mt 12:32; Lu 20:34
  3. ^ Jn 12:36; Eph 5:8; 1Th 5:5
  4. ^ Mt 19:21; Lu 11:41; 12:33
  5. ^ Mt 6:24; Lu 16:11, 13
  6. ^ Lu 16:4
  7. ^ Mt 25:21, 23
  8. ^ Lu 16:9
  9. ^ Mt 6:24
  10. ^ Lu 16:9
  11. ^ 2Ti 3:2
  12. ^ Lu 23:35
  13. ^ Lu 10:29; 18:9, 14
  14. ^ 1Sa 16:7; Pr 21:2; Ac 1:24; Ro 8:27
  15. ^ Mt 11:12f
  16. ^ Mt 4:23
  17. ^ Mt 5:18
  18. ^ Mt 5:32; 1Co 7:10, 11
  19. ^ Ac 3:2
  20. ^ Jn 1:18; 13:23
  21. ^ Mt 11:23
  22. ^ Lu 3:8; 16:30; 19:9
  23. ^ Mt 25:41
  24. ^ Lu 6:24
  25. ^ Ac 2:40; 8:25; 10:42; 18:5; 20:21ff; 23:11; 28:23; Ga 5:3; Eph 4:17; 1Th 2:11; 4:6
  26. ^ Lu 4:17; Jn 5:45-47; Ac 15:21
  27. ^ Lu 3:8; 16:24; 19:9

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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