{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/luke/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:56:01.079Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Luke","bookSlug":"luke","chapter":16,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":24,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"So he called every one of his lord's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write fourscore."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one pronunciation mark of the law to fail."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."}],"citation":{"inline":"Luke 16 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Luke 16](https://primebible.com/akjv/luke/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/luke/16 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}