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And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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Jesus said to his disciples, "There was once a rich man who had a manager. He got reports that the manager had been taking advantage of his position by running up huge personal expenses.
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Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
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He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.
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Jesus told this story to his disciples: "A rich man hired a manager to handle his affairs, but soon a rumor went around that the manager was thoroughly dishonest.
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And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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So he called him in and said, "What's this I hear about you? You're fired. And I want a complete audit of your books.'
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So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'
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So he called him and said to him, "What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'
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So his employer called him in and said, 'What's this I hear about your stealing from me? Get your report in order, because you are going to be dismissed.'
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Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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"The manager said to himself, "What am I going to do? I've lost my job as manager. I'm not strong enough for a laboring job, and I'm too proud to beg....
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"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg--
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"Then the steward said within himself, "What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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"The manager thought to himself, 'Now what? I'm through here, and I don't have the strength to go out and dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg.
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I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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Ah, I've got a plan. Here's what I'll do... then when I'm turned out into the street, people will take me into their houses.'
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I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
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I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'
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I know just the thing! And then I'll have plenty of friends to take care of me when I leave!'
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So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
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"Then he went at it. One after another, he called in the people who were in debt to his master. He said to the first, "How much do you owe my master?'
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"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
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"So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, "How much do you owe my master?'
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"So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe him?'
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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
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"He replied, "A hundred jugs of olive oil.'"The manager said, "Here, take your bill, sit down here--quick now--write fifty.'
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"'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'
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And he said, "A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, "Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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The man replied, 'I owe him eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' So the manager told him, 'Tear up that bill and write another one for four hundred gallons. '
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Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
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"To the next he said, "And you, what do you owe?'"He answered, "A hundred sacks of wheat.'"He said, "Take your bill, write in eighty.'
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"Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?'"'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'
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Then he said to another, "And how much do you owe?' So he said, "A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, "Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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"'And how much do you owe my employer?' he asked the next man. 'A thousand bushels of wheat,' was the reply. 'Here,' the manager said, 'take your bill and replace it with one for only eight hundred bushels. '
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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.
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"Now here's a surprise: The master praised the crooked manager! And why? Because he knew how to look after himself. Streetwise people are smarter in this regard than law-abiding citizens. They are on constant alert, looking for angles, surviving by their wits.
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"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
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So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
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"The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the citizens of this world are more shrewd than the godly are.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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I want you to be smart in the same way--but for what is right--using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior."
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I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
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"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.
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I tell you, use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. In this way, your generosity stores up a reward for you in heaven.
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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.
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Jesus went on to make these comments: If you're honest in small things, you'll be honest in big things;
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"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
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He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
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"Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones. If you cheat even a little, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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If you're a crook in small things, you'll be a crook in big things.
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So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
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Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?
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And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
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If you're not honest in small jobs, who will put you in charge of the store?
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And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
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And if you have not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own?
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And if you are not faithful with other people's money, why should you be trusted with money of your own?
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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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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No worker can serve two bosses: He'll either hate the first and love the second Or adore the first and despise the second. You can't serve both God and the Bank.
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"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."
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"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
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And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch.
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
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Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.
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The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, naturally scoffed at all this.
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And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous.
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He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
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And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Then he said to them, "You like to look good in public, but God knows your evil hearts. What this world honors is an abomination in the sight of God.
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The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it's all kingdom of God--the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman.
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"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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"The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
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"Until John the Baptist began to preach, the laws of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and eager multitudes are forcing their way in.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God's Law wears out.
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It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.
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But that doesn't mean that the law has lost its force in even the smallest point. It is stronger and more permanent than heaven and earth.
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Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
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Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
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"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
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"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
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There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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"There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption.
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"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
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"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
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Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed and who lived each day in luxury.
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And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
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A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep.
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At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
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But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
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At his door lay a diseased beggar named Lazarus.
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And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man's table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores.
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and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man's table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.
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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;
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"Then he died, this poor man, and was taken up by the angels to the lap of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
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"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
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So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
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Finally, the beggar died and was carried by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,
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And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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In hell and in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus in his lap.
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In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
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And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham.
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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.
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He called out, "Father Abraham, mercy! Have mercy! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my tongue. I'm in agony in this fire.'
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So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
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"Then 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.'
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"The rich man shouted, 'Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.'
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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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"But Abraham said, "Child, remember that in your lifetime you got the good things and Lazarus the bad things. It's not like that here. Here he's consoled and you're tormented.
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"But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
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But Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
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"But Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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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 thence.
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Besides, in all these matters there is a huge chasm set between us so that no one can go from us to you even if he wanted to, nor can anyone cross over from you to us.'
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And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
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And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.'
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And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. Anyone who wanted to cross over to you from here is stopped at its edge, and no one there can cross over to us.'
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
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"The rich man said, "Then let me ask you, Father: Send him to the house of my father
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"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house,
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"Then he said, "I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
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"Then the rich man said, 'Please, Father Abraham, send him to my father's home.
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For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
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where I have five brothers, so he can tell them the score and warn them so they won't end up here in this place of torment.'
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for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
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for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
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For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them about this place of torment so they won't have to come here when they die.'
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Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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"Abraham answered, "They have Moses and the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them listen to them.'
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"Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
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Abraham said to him, "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
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"But Abraham said, 'Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read their writings anytime they want to.'
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And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
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I know, Father Abraham,' he said, "but they're not listening. If someone came back to them from the dead, they would change their ways.'
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"'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
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And he said, "No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
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"The rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will turn from their sins.'
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And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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"Abraham replied, "If they won't listen to Moses and the Prophets, they're not going to be convinced by someone who rises from the dead.'"
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"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
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But he said to him, "If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead."'
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"But Abraham said, 'If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even if someone rises from the dead.'"
