| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Now Jesus was saying to the disciples, "A rich man had a servant manager who was accused of wasting his assets. | 1Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. |
| 2So he called for him and asked him, 'What's this I hear about you? You can't be my manager any longer. Now give me a report about your management!' | 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"Then the servant manager told himself, 'What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to beg. | 3"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. |
| 4I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.' | 4'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.' |
| 5"So he called for each of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' | 5"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' |
| 6The man replied, 'A hundred jars of olive oil.' The manager told him, 'Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write "50."' | 6"And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' |
| 7Then he asked another debtor, 'How much do you owe?' The man replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' The manager told him, 'Get your bill and write "80."' | 7"Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' |
| 8The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own. | 8"And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. |
| 9"I'm telling you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they will welcome you into eternal homes. | 9"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. |
| 10Whoever is faithful with very little is also faithful with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with very little is also dishonest with a lot. | 10"He 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. |
| 11So if you haven't been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? | 11"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? |
| 12And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own? | 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"No servant can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth!" | 13"No 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 wealth." |
| 14Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus. | 14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. |
| 15So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God. | 15And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. |
| 16"The Law and the Prophets remained until John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone entering it is under attack. | 16"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. |
| 17However, it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be dropped. | 17"But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail. |
| 18Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery." | 18"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery. |
| 19"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day. | 19"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. |
| 20A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate. | 20"And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, |
| 21He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores. | 21and 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"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. | 22"Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. |
| 23In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side. | 23"In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. |
| 24So he shouted, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.' | 24"And he cried out and said, 'Father 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 this flame.' |
| 25"But Abraham said, 'My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer. | 25"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. |
| 26Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.' | 26And 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"The rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house— | 27"And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- |
| 28because I have five brothers—to warn them, so that they won't end up in this place of torture, too.' | 28for I have five brothers-- in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' |
| 29"Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!' | 29"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' |
| 30"But the rich man replied, 'No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.' | 30"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' |
| 31"Then Abraham told him, 'If your brothers do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.'" | 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.'" |
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