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16:1  He said also to his disciples, There was a rich man, that had a bailiff [There was some rich man, that had a farmer, or bailee]; and this was denounced to him, as he had wasted his goods.
16:2  And he called him, and said to him, What hear I this thing of thee? yield reckoning of thy bailiffship, for thou might not now be bailiff.
16:3  And the bailiff said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the bailiffship? delve may I not, I shame to beg. [Forsooth the farmer said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the farm? I may not delve, I am ashamed to beg.]
16:4  I know what I shall do, that when I am removed from the bailiffship [that when I shall be removed from the farm], they receive me into their houses.
16:5  Therefore when all the debtors of his lord were called together [And so all the debtors of his lord called together], he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
16:6  And he said, An hundred barrows of oil. And he said to him, Take thy caution [Take thy caution, or obligation], and sit soon, and write fifty.
16:7  Afterward he said to another, And how much owest thou? Which answered, An hundred cors of wheat [Which said, An hundred measures of wheat]. And he said to him, Take thy letters, and write fourscore.
16:8  And the lord praised the bailiff of wickedness [And the lord praised the farmer of wickedness], for he had done prudently; for the sons of this world be more prudent in their generation than the sons of light.
16:9  And I say to you, make ye to you friends of the riches of wickedness [make to you friends of the riches of wickedness], that when ye shall fail, they receive you into everlasting tabernacles.
16:10  He that is true in the least thing, is true also in the more [He that is faithful in the least thing, is faithful also in the more]; and he that is wicked in a little thing, is wicked also in the more.
16:11  Therefore if ye were not true in the wicked thing of riches [Therefore if ye were not true in the wicked riches], who shall betake to you that that is very?
16:12  And if ye were not true in other men's thing, who shall give to you that that is yours?
16:13  No servant may serve to two lords; for either he shall hate the one, and love the other; either he shall draw to the one, and despise the other. Ye be not able to serve to God and to riches.
16:14  But the Pharisees, that were covetous, heard all these things, and they scorned him.
16:15  And he said to them, Ye it be, that justify you before men; but God hath known your hearts [soothly God knoweth your hearts], for that that is high to men, is abomination before God.
16:16  The law and the prophets till to John; from that time the realm of God is evangelized [from that time the realm of God is preached], and each man doeth violence into it.
16:17  Forsooth it is lighter heaven and earth [for] to pass, than that one tittle fall from the law [than one tittle fall of the law].
16:18  Every man that forsaketh his wife, and weddeth another, doeth lechery [doeth adultery]; and he that weddeth the wife forsaken of the husband, doeth adultery.
16:19  There was a rich man [Some man was rich], and was clothed in purple, and white silk, and ate every day shiningly.
16:20  And there was a beggar [And there was some beggar], Lazarus by name, that lay at his gate full of boils,
16:21  and coveted to be fulfilled of the crumbs, that fell down from the rich man's board, and no man gave to him; but [and] hounds came, and licked his boils.
16:22  And it was done, that the beggar died, and was borne of angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man was dead also, and was buried in hell.
16:23  And he raised up his eyes, when he was in torments, and saw Abraham afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16:24  And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dip the end of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25  And Abraham said to him, Son, have mind, for thou hast received good things in thy life, and Lazarus also evil things; but he is now comforted, and thou art tormented.
16:26  And in all these things a great dark place is stablished betwixt us and you; that they that will from hence pass to you, be not able, neither from thence pass over hither.
16:27  And he said, Then I pray thee, father, that thou send him into the house of my father.
16:28  For I have five brethren, that he witness to them, lest also they come into this place of torments.
16:29  And Abraham said to him [And Abraham saith to him], They have Moses and the prophets; hear they them.
16:30  And he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if any of dead men [shall] go to them, they shall do penance.
16:31  And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any of dead men [shall] rise again, they shall believe to him.