MODERN LITERAL VERSION

16:1 And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward, and this one was indicted by him when he was found squandering his possessions.
16:2 And having summoned him, he said to him, What is this that I am hearing concerning you? Give me the account of your stewardship; for* you can no longer be a steward.

16:3 And the steward said with himself, What should I do, because my lord is taking away the stewardship from me? I am not strong-enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
16:4 I know what I should do, that* whenever I am removed from the stewardship, they may accept me into their houses.
16:5 And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?

16:6 And he said, A hundred eight-gallon containers of oil.
And he said to him, Take out your {F} contract and sit down quickly and write fifty.

16:7 Thereafter he said to another and how much do you owe?
And he said, A hundred twelve-bushel containers of grain.
And he says to him, Accept your {F} contract and write eighty.

16:8 And his lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he had done prudently, because the sons of this world are more prudent to their own generation; over the sons of the light.

16:9 And I say to you*, Make* friends for yourselves out of the money of unrighteousness; that*, whenever it fails, they may accept you* into the everlasting tabernacles.
16:10 He who is faithful in the least matters is also faithful in much and he who is unrighteous in the least matters is also unrighteous in much.
16:11 Therefore, if you* have not become faithful in the unrighteous money, who will entrust the true riches to you*?
16:12 And if you* have not become faithful in what is another's, who will give you* what is your* own?
16:13 No domestic servant is able to serve* two lords; for* either he will hate the one and love* the other; for* either he will hold to one and despise the other. You* are not able to serve* God and money.

16:14 And the Pharisees, who are* money-lovers, also heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
16:15 And he said to them, You* are those who are justifying yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your* hearts, because what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

16:16 The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the good-news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed and everyone violently-enters into it.
16:17 But it is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away, than for one serif of the law to fall short.
16:18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another, is committing adultery and everyone who marries the one who is divorced from a husband is committing adultery.

16:19 Now there was a certain rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine-linen, having been radiantly joyous daily.
16:20 And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, being full of sores,
16:21 and desiring to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs came and licked his sores.
16:22 And it happened, that the poor man died and that he was carried away by the messengers into Abraham's bosom and the rich man also died and was buried.
16:23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being* in torments and he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom.

16:24 And shouting, he said, Father Abraham, show-mercy on me and send Lazarus, that* he may dip the tip of his finger in water and may cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this flame.

16:25 But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life and Lazarus likewise evil things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
16:26 And upon all things, a great chasm is established between us and you*, *that those who wish to cross over from here to you* may not be able, nor may they ferry over from there to us.
16:27 And he said, Therefore I am requesting from you, father, that* you should send him to my father's house;
16:28 for* I have five brethren; *that he may testify to them, in order that they may also not come into this place of torment.

16:29 But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.

16:30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.

16:31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if someone rises* up from the dead.
{Footnotes: Lk 16:6-7 Greek: writings.}