16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little 1 is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy 2 in handling worldly wealth, 3 who will entrust you with the true riches? 4 16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy 5 with someone else’s property, 6 who will give you your own 7 ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate 8 the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise 9 the other. You cannot serve God and money.” 10
16:14 The Pharisees 11 (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed 12 him. 16:15 But 13 Jesus 14 said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, 15 but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized 16 among men is utterly detestable 17 in God’s sight.
16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force 18 until John; 19 since then, 20 the good news of the kingdom of God 21 has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. 22 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter 23 in the law to become void. 24
16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries 25 someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.