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Luke 16
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Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
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Bible in Basic English · 1949
1And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods.
1And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
2And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.
2And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.
3And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.
3And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
4I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
4I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.
5Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
5And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
6But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty.
6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.
7Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill and write eighty.
7Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.
8And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.
8And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
9And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater.
10He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
11If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?
11If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?
12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
12And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?
13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
13No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
14Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
14And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
15And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.
15And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.
16The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of the law to fall.
17But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
18Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
18Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.
19There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
19Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
20And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
20And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
21Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
21Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
22And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
22And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
23And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
23And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
24And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
24And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
25And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.
25But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
26And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.
26And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
27And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
27And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
28That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.
28For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
29And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.
29But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.