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Luke Chapter 16

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THE GOSPEL

Luke 16

1And he said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.
1 Peter 4:10, 1 Peter 4:10, Luke 12:42, 1 Corinthians 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:2
2And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
1 Timothy 5:24, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 11:10, 1 Peter 4:5, Revelation 20:12
3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do, now that my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? I cannot dig, I am ashamed to beg.
Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 21:26, Proverbs 29:21, Proverbs 26:13, Proverbs 26:16
4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, I may be received into their houses.
Proverbs 30:9, James 3:15, Jeremiah 4:22, Proverbs 30:9, James 3:15
5So he called to him every one of his lord’s debtors, and said to the first, How much dost thou owe my lord?
Luke 7:41, Luke 7:42, Luke 7:41, Luke 7:42, Matthew 18:24
6And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Titus 2:10, Luke 16:12, Titus 2:10, Luke 16:12, Luke 16:9
7Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy bond, and write eighty.
Luke 20:9, Luke 20:12, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12, Luke 20:9
8And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:5, Ephesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:8, Luke 16:10
9And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon; that, when it faileth, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.
Matthew 19:21, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 6:24, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:19
10He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.
Luke 16:11, Luke 16:12, Luke 16:11, Luke 16:12, Matthew 25:21
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Luke 12:33, Luke 12:33, Ephesians 3:8, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19
12and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
Luke 19:13, Luke 19:26, Luke 19:13, Luke 19:26, Matthew 25:14
13No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16, Matthew 6:24
14And the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all this, and they derided him.
Luke 23:35, Luke 23:35, Luke 20:47, Luke 20:47, Jeremiah 6:13
15And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly exalted among men is an abomination before God.
1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 21:2, Proverbs 21:2, Jeremiah 17:10
16The Law and the Prophets were till John; from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God have been published, and every one is forcing his way into it.
Matthew 21:32, Matthew 21:32, Acts 3:24, Acts 3:25, Acts 3:24
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:18, Luke 21:33, Luke 21:33, 1 Peter 1:25
18Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and he who marrieth a woman that hath been put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
Matthew 19:9, Matthew 19:9, Mark 10:11, Mark 10:12, Mark 10:11
19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.
Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:49, Amos 6:4, Amos 6:6, Luke 18:24
20And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Acts 3:2, Acts 3:2, 1 Samuel 2:8, James 1:9, Luke 16:21
21and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. But even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Matthew 15:27, Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28, Mark 7:28, John 6:12
22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 2:24, Psalms 49:16, Psalms 49:19, Psalms 49:16
23And in the underworld he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:4, Matthew 18:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:11
24And he called and said, Father Abraham, have pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:1, John 4:10, John 4:10, Revelation 7:16
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.
Luke 6:24, Luke 6:24, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:15, Psalms 17:14
26And besides all this, between us and you there is placed a great gulf, so that those who wish to cross from hence to you may not be able, and that those on that side cannot cross over to us.
John 3:36, Psalms 49:14, John 3:36, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 50:22
27Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my father’s house;
28for I have five brothers; that he may give earnest warning to them, that they too may not come into this place of torment.
Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:13, Acts 20:23, Acts 2:40, Psalms 49:12
29But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Acts 15:21, Acts 15:21, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:27, 2 Timothy 3:15
30But he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.
Revelation 16:9, Revelation 16:11, Revelation 16:9, Revelation 16:11, Luke 16:24
31But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.
2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:3, John 11:43, John 11:53, John 11:43

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