16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little 20 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 21 in handling worldly wealth, 22 who will entrust you with the true riches? 23 16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy 24 with someone else’s property, 25 who will give you your own 26 ? 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate 27 the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise 28 the other. You cannot serve God and money.” 29
16:14 The Pharisees 30 (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed 31 him. 16:15 But 32 Jesus 33 said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, 34 but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized 35 among men is utterly detestable 36 in God’s sight.
16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force 37 until John; 38 since then, 39 the good news of the kingdom of God 40 has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. 41 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter 42 in the law to become void. 43
16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries 44 someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple 45 and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously 46 every day. 16:20 But at his gate lay 47 a poor man named Lazarus 48 whose body was covered with sores, 49 16:21 who longed to eat 50 what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs 51 came and licked 52 his sores.
16:22 “Now 53 the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. 54 The 55 rich man also died and was buried. 56 16:23 And in hell, 57 as he was in torment, 58 he looked up 59 and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. 60 16:24 So 61 he called out, 62 ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus 63 to dip the tip of his finger 64 in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish 65 in this fire.’ 66 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, 67 remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 68 16:26 Besides all this, 69 a great chasm 70 has been fixed between us, 71 so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ 16:27 So 72 the rich man 73 said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus 74 to my father’s house 16:28 (for I have five brothers) to warn 75 them so that they don’t come 76 into this place of torment.’ 16:29 But Abraham said, 77 ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to 78 them.’ 16:30 Then 79 the rich man 80 said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead 81 goes to them, they will repent.’ 16:31 He 82 replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to 83 Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” 84