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¹ And he went on to say, unto his disciples also, - There was, a certain rich man, who had a steward, and, the same, was accused to him as squandering his goods.² And, accosting him, he said unto him - What is this I hear of thee? Render the account of thy stewardship, for thou canst no longer be steward.³ And the steward said within himself - What shall I do, because my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? Dig, I cannot: to beg, I am ashamed.⁴ I know what I will do, that, when I am removed out of the stewardship, they may welcome me into their own houses.⁵ And, calling unto him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he was saying unto the first, - How much owest thou my lord?⁶ And, he, said - A hundred baths of oil. And, he, said unto him - Kindly take thine accounts, and, sitting down, make haste and write - Fifty!⁷ After that, unto another, he said - And how much owest, thou? And, he, said - A hundred homers of wheat. He saith unto him - Kindly take thine accounts, and write - Eighty!⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted: - Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation.⁹ And, I, unto you, say - For yourselves, make ye friends, with the unjust Riches, in order that, as soon as it shall fail, they may welcome you into the age-abiding tents.¹⁰ The faithful in least, in much also, is, faithful, and, he that in least is unrighteous, in much also, is, unrighteous.¹¹ If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust?¹² And, if, in what was another's, ye proved unfaithful, your own, who will give unto you?¹³ No domestic, can, unto two masters, be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, unto the one, he will hold, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot, unto God, be in service, and unto Riches. ¹⁴ Now the Pharisees, who were, lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were openly sneering at him.¹⁵ And he said unto them - Ye, are they who justify themselves before men, but, God, knoweth your hearts; because, that which amongst men is lofty, is an abomination before God.¹⁶ The law and the prophets, were until John, - from that time, the good news of the kingdom of God, is being proclaimed, and, everyone, thereinto, is forcing his way.¹⁷ But it is, easier, for heaven and earth to pass away, than that, of the law, one little point, should fail.¹⁸ Every one divorcing his wife and marrying another, committeth adultery; and, he that marrieth a woman divorced from a husband, committeth adultery.

¹⁹ Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.²⁰ And, a certain beggar, by name Lazarus, used to be cast near his gate, full of sores,²¹ and to long to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the table of the rich man: nay! even, the dogs, used to come and lick his sores.²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried away by the messengers, into the bosom of Abraham. And, the rich man also, died, and was buried.²³ And, in hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.²⁴ And, he, calling out, said - Father Abraham! have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, - because I am in anguish in this flame.²⁵ But Abraham said - Child! remember - That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.²⁶ And, besides all these things, betwixt us and you, a great chasm, hath been fixed, - so that, they who might wish to cross over from hence unto you, should not be able, nor any, from thence unto us, be crossing over. ²⁷ But he said - I request thee then, father, that thou wouldst send him unto my father's house, - ²⁸ for I have five brethren; - that he may solemnly testify unto them, lest, they also, come into this place of torment.²⁹ But Abraham saith - They have Moses and the Prophets: Let them hearken unto them.³⁰ But, he, said - Nay! father Abraham, but, if one, from the dead, should go unto them, they would repent.³¹ But he said unto him - If, unto Moses and the Prophets, they do not hearken, neither, if one, from among the dead, should arise, would they be persuaded.