1 He also said to his disciples, 'There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to him for being wasteful with his property.
2 He called for the man and said, "What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer."
3 Then the steward said to himself, "Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed.
4 Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes."
5 'Then he called his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, "How much do you owe my master?"
6 "One hundred measures of oil," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond; sit down and quickly write fifty."
7 To another he said, "And you, sir, how much do you owe?" "One hundred measures of wheat," he said. The steward said, "Here, take your bond and write eighty."
8 'The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light.'
9 'And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
10 Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great.
11 If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches?
12 And if you are not trustworthy with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?
13 'No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.'
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and jeered at him.
15 He said to them, 'You are the very ones who pass yourselves off as upright in people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed in human eyes is loathsome in the sight of God.
16 'Up to the time of John it was the Law and the Prophets; from then onwards, the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
17 'It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for one little stroke to drop out of the Law.
18 'Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced by her husband commits adultery.
19 'There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day.
20 And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores,
21 who longed to fill himself with what fell from the rich man's table. Even dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's embrace. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 'In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his embrace.
24 So he cried out, "Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames."
25 Abraham said, "My son, remember that during your life you had your fill of good things, just as Lazarus his fill of bad. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony.
26 But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to prevent those who want to cross from our side to yours or from your side to ours."
27 'So he said, "Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father's house,
28 since I have five brothers, to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too."
29 Abraham said, "They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them."
30 The rich man replied, "Ah no, father Abraham, but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent."
31 Then Abraham said to him, "If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead."
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St. Luke 16 presents Jesus' teachings about money and wealth. He talks about the parable of the dishonest administrator and highlights the importance of honesty and fidelity in relation to material goods. Jesus also talks about the impossibility of serving God and money at the same time. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in São Luke 16:
Matthew 6:19-21: "Do not accumulate for you treasures on the earth, where trace and rust destroy, and where thieves break and steal. But accumulate for you treasures in the sky, where the moth and rust do not destroy, and where Thieves do not break or steal. For where your treasure is, then your heart will be. " This verse teaches the importance of valuing eternal riches instead of temporal.
Luke 12:15: "Then said unto them, 'Watch out! Be overhap against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist of the amount of his goods." This verse reinforces the idea that life should not be defined by the amount of material goods that a person has.
Proverbs 22:1: "It is better to have a good name than many riches; being well evaluated is better than silver and gold." This verse highlights the importance of having a good name and reputation, which is more valuable than material riches.
1 Timothy 6:10: "For the love of money is the root of all ills. Some people, for coveting money, deviated from faith and tormented themselves with many sufferings." This verse shows the dangers of greed and love of money, which can lead people to move away from faith and suffer the consequences of this.
Hebrews 13:5: "Keep free from love to money and are content with what you have, because God Himself said, 'I will never leave you, I will never abandon you.'" This verse emphasizes the importance of contenting what one has and trusting in God rather than obsessed with money and material possessions.
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