Luke 16 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Unrighteous Manager

Now^G1161 He was also^G2532 saying^G3004 to the disciples^G3101, “There was a rich^G4145 man^G444 who^G3739 had^G2192 a manager^G3623, and this^G3778 manager was [fn]reported^G1225 to him as squandering^G1287 his possessions^G5225.

Luk 16:2

Luk 16:2“And he summoned 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.’

Luk 16:3

Luk 16:3“And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my [fn]master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to [fn]dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Luk 16:4

Luk 16:4‘I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’

Luk 16:5

Luk 16:5“And he summoned each one of his [fn]master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luk 16:6

Luk 16:6“And he said, ‘A hundred [fn]jugs of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Luk 16:7

Luk 16:7“Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred [fn]kors of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

Luk 16:8

Luk 16:8“And his [fn]master complimented the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own [fn]kind than the sons of light.

Luk 16:9

Luk 16:9“And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the [fn]wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it [fn]is all gone, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.

Luk 16:10

“The one who is faithful^G4103 in a very^G1646 little^G1646 thing^G1646 is also^G2532 faithful^G4103 in much^G4183; and the one who is unrighteous^G94 in a very^G1646 little^G1646 thing^G1646 is also^G2532 unrighteous^G94 in much^G4183.

Luk 16:11

Luk 16:11“Therefore if you have not [fn]been faithful in the use of unrighteous [fn]wealth, who will entrust the true wealth to you?

Luk 16:12

Luk 16:12“And if you have not [fn]been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

Luk 16:13

Luk 16:13“No [fn]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [fn]wealth.”

Luk 16:14

Now^G1161 the Pharisees^G5330, who were lovers^G5366 of^G5366 money^G5366, were listening^G191 to all^G3956 these^G3778 things^G3778 and were [fn]ridiculing^G1592 Him.

Luk 16:15

Luk 16:15And He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.

Luk 16:16

“The Law^G3551 and the Prophets^G4396 were proclaimed until^G3360 John^G2491 came; since^G575 that^G5119 time^G5119 the gospel^G2097 of the kingdom^G932 of God^G2316 [fn]has been preached^G2097, and everyone^G3956 is forcing^G971 his way^G971 into it.

Luk 16:17

Luk 16:17“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [fn]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

Luk 16:18

“Everyone^G3956 who [fn]divorces^G630 his wife^G1135 and marries^G1060 another^G2087 commits^G3431 adultery^G3431, and he who marries^G1060 one who is [fn]divorced^G630 from a husband^G435 commits^G3431 adultery^G3431.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luk 16:19

“Now^G1161 there was a rich^G4145 man^G444, and he habitually dressed^G1737 in purple^G4209 and fine^G1040 linen^G1040, enjoying^G2165 himself in splendor^G2988 every^G2596 day^G2250.

Luk 16:20

Luk 16:20“And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

Luk 16:21

Luk 16:21and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores.

Luk 16:22

Luk 16:22“Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to [fn]Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried.

Luk 16:23

Luk 16:23“And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his [fn]arms.

Luk 16:24

Luk 16:24“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.’

Luk 16:25

Luk 16:25“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.

Luk 16:26

Luk 16:26‘And [fn]besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set, so that those who want to go over from here to you will not be able, nor will any people cross over from there to us.’

Luk 16:27

Luk 16:27“And he said, ‘Then I request of you, father, that you send him to my father’s house—

Luk 16:28

Luk 16:28for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not come to this place of torment as well.’

Luk 16:29

Luk 16:29“But Abraham *said, ‘They have [fn]Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

Luk 16:30

Luk 16:30“But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’

Luk 16:31

Luk 16:31“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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NASB20 Footnotes

(16:1)

Or accused

(16:3)

Or lord

(16:3)

I.e., do manual labor

(16:5)

Or lord’s

(16:6)

Lit baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 9 gallons or 34 liters

(16:7)

One kor is about 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters

(16:8)

Or lord

(16:8)

Lit generation

(16:9)

Gr mamonas, for Aramaic mamon (mammon); i.e., wealth, or money

Or fails

Or proved

See note 1 v 9

Or proved

Or house servant

See note 1 v 9

Or sneering at

Lit is preached

I.e., projection of a letter (serif)

(16:18)

Or sends away, the Heb term for divorce

(16:18)

Or sent away

(16:22)

Lit Abraham’s bosom; or lap; ancient Jewish terminology for the place of the righteous dead

(16:23)

See note v 22

(16:26)

Lit in all these things

(16:29)

I.e., the books of Moses and the prophets, read aloud in the synagogues

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