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		Luke 16:1 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.
		Luke 16:2 "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.'
		Luke 16:3 "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.
		Luke 16:4 '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.'
		Luke 16:5 "So he summoned his master's debtors one by one, and he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
		Luke 16:6 "He said, 'A hundred measures of [olive] oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
		Luke 16:7 "Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
		Luke 16:8 "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].
		Luke 16:9 "And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the 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.
		Luke 16:10 ¶ "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.
		Luke 16:11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of earthly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
		Luke 16:12 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of 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?
		Luke 16:13 "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 both God and mammon [that is, your earthly possessions or anything else you trust in and rely on instead of God]."
		Luke 16:14 ¶ Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.
		Luke 16:15 So He said to them, "You are the ones who declare yourselves just and 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. [1 Sam 16:7; Prov 21:2]
		Luke 16:16 ¶ "The Law and the [writings of the] Prophets were proclaimed until John; since then the gospel of the kingdom of God has been and continues to be preached, and everyone tries forcefully to go into it.
		Luke 16:17 "Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a letter of the Law to fail and become void.
		Luke 16:18 ¶ "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. [Matt 5:31, 32]
		Luke 16:19 ¶ "Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day.
		Luke 16:20 "And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores.
		Luke 16:21 "He [eagerly] longed to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
		Luke 16:22 "Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.
		Luke 16:23 "In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).
		Luke 16:24 "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.'
		Luke 16:25 "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.
		Luke 16:26 '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.'
		Luke 16:27 "So the rich man said, 'Then, father [Abraham], I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house--
		Luke 16:28 for I have five brothers--in order that he may solemnly warn them and witness to them, so that they too will not come to this place of torment.'
		Luke 16:29 "But Abraham said, 'They have [the Scriptures given by] Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets; let them listen to them.'
		Luke 16:30 "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].'
		Luke 16:31 "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.'"

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