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- And hee said also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine rich man which had a Steward, and the same was accused vnto him that he had wasted his goods.
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- And hee called him, and said vnto him, How is it that I heare this of thee?
Giue an accompt of thy stewardship: for thou mayest bee no longer Steward.
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- Then the Steward said within himselfe, What shall I doe, for my lord taketh away from mee the Stewardship?
I cannot digge, to begge I am ashamed.
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- I am resolued what to doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue me into their houses.
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- So hee called euery one of his lords detters vnto him, and said vnto the first, How much owest thou vnto my lord?
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- And hee said, An hundred measures of oyle.
And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write fiftie.
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- Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou?
And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill and write fourescore.
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- And the lord commended the vniust Steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light.
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- And I say vnto you, Make to your selues friends of the Mammon of vnrighteousnesse, that when ye faile, they may receiue you into euerlasting habitations.
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- Hee that is faithfull in that which is least, is faithfull also in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.
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- If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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- And if ye haue not bene faithful in that which is another mans, who shall giue you that which is your owne?
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- No seruant can serue two masters, for either he will hate the one, and loue the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: yee cannot serue God and Mammon.
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- And the Pharisees also who were couetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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- And he said vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men, but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed amongst men, is abomination in the sight of God.
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- The law and the Prophets were vntill Iohn: since that time the kingdome of God is preached, and euery man preasseth into it.
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- And it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one title of the law to faile.
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- Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, & marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoeuer marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
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- There was a certaine rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared sumptuously euery day.
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- And there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores,
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- And desiring to bee fed with the crummes which fel from the rich mans table: moreouer the dogges came and licked his sores.
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- And it came to passe that the begger died, and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome: the rich man also died, and was buried.
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- And in hell he lift vp his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afarre off, and Lazarus in his bosome:
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- And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, haue mercy on mee, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and coole my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
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- But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life-time receiuedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus euill things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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- And besides all this, betweene vs and you there is a great gulfe fixed, so that they which would passe from hence to you, cannot, neither can they passe to vs, that would come from thence.
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- Then he said, I pray thee therefore father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house:
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- For I haue fiue brethren, that he may testifie vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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- Abraham saith vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets, let them heare them.
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- And hee said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went vnto them from the dead, they will repent.
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- And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.
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