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He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

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 in anguish in this flame.’

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’

“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—

for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”

وقالَ أَيضًا لِتَلاميذِه: «كانَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ وكانَ لَه وَكيلٌ فشُكِيَ إِلَيه بِأَنَّه يُبَذِّرُ أَموالَه

فدَعاهُ وقالَ له: ما هٰذا الَّذي أَسمَعُ عَنكَ؟ أَدِّ حِسابَ وَكالَتِكَ، فلا يُمكِنُكَ بَعدَ اليَومِ أَنْ تَكونَ لي وَكيلًا

فقالَ الوَكيلُ في نَفْسِه: ماذا أَعمَل؟ فَإِنَّ سَيِّدي يَستَرِدُّ الوَكالَةَ مِنِّي، وأَنا لا أَقوى على الفِلاحة، وأَخجَلُ بِالِٱستِعطاء

قد عَرفتُ ماذا أَعمَلُ حتَّى إِذا نُزِعتُ عنِ الوَكالَة، يَكونُ هُناكَ مَن يَقبَلونَني في بُيوتِهم

فدَعا مَديني سَيِّدِه واحِدًا بَعدَ الآخَر وقالَ لِلأَوَّل: كم عَليكَ لِسَيِّدي؟

قال: مائةُ كَيْلٍ زَيتًا. فقالَ له: إِلَيكَ صَكَّكَ، فٱجلِسْ وٱكتُبْ على عَجَلٍ: خَمسين

ثُمَّ قالَ لِلآخَر: وأَنتَ كم عَليكَ؟ قال: مائةُ كَيْلٍ قَمحًا. قالَ لَه: إِلَيكَ صَكَّكَ، فَٱكتُبْ: ثَمانين

فأَثْنى السَّيِّدُ على الوَكيلِ الخائِن، لِأَنَّه كانَ فَطِنًا في تَصَرُّفِه. وذٰلِكَ أَنَّ أَبناءَ هٰذِه الدُّنْيا أَكثرُ فِطنَةً مع أَشباهِهِم مِن أَبْناءِ النُّور

«وأَنا أَقولُ لَكم: إِتَّخِذوا لَكم أَصدِقاءَ بِالمالِ الحَرام، حتَّى إِذا فُقِدَ، قَبِلوكُم في المَساكِنِ الأَبَدِيَّة

مَن كانَ أَمينًا على القَليل، كانَ أَمينًا على الكَثيرِ أَيضًا. ومَن كانَ خائِنًا في القَليل كانَ خائِنًا في الكَثيرِ أَيضًا

فَإِذا لم تَكونوا أُمَناء على المالِ الحَرام، فعَلى الخَيرِ الحَقِّ مَن يَأتَمِنُكم؟

وإِذا لم تَكونوا أُمَناءَ على ما لَيسَ لَكم، فمَن يُعطيكُم ما لَكم؟

«ما مِن خادِمٍ يَستَطيعُ أَن يَعمَلَ لِسَيِّدَيْن، لِأَنَّه إِمَّا أَن يُبغِضَ أَحَدَهُما ويُحِبَّ الآخَر، وإِمَّا أَن يَلزَمَ أَحَدَهما ويَزدَرِيَ الآخَر. فأَنتُم لا تَستَطيعونَ أَن تَعمَلوا للهِ ولِلمال»

وكانَ الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ، وهُم مُحِبُّونَ لِلمال، يَسمَعونَ هٰذا كُلَّه وَيَهزَأُونَ بِه

فقالَ لَهم: «أَنتُم تُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَكم في نَظَرِ النَّاس، لٰكِنَّ اللهَ عالِمٌ بِما في قُلوبِكم، لِأَنَّ الرَّفيعَ عِندَ النَّاسِ رِجْسٌ في نَظَرِ الله

«دامَ عَهْدُ الشَّريعَةِ والأَنبِياءِ حتَّى يوحَنَّا، ومِن ذٰلكَ الحِينِ يُبَشَّرُ بِمَلكوتِ الله، وكُلُّ ٱمرِئٍ مُلزَمٌ بِدُخولِه

«لَأَن تَزولَ السَّماءُ والأَرضُ أَيسَرُ مِن أَن تَسقُطَ نُقطَةٌ واحِدَةٌ مِنَ الشَّريعَة

«كُلُّ مَن طَلَّقَ ٱمرَأَتَه وتَزَوَّجَ غَيرَها فقَد زَنى، ومَن تَزَوَّجَ الَّتي طَلَّقَها زَوجُها فقَد زَنى

«كانَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ يَلبَسُ الأُرجُوان والكَتَّانَ النَّاعِم، ويَتَنَعَّمُ كُلَّ يَومٍ تَنَعُّمًا فاخِرًا

وكانَ رَجُلٌ فَقيرٌ ٱسمُه لَعازَر مُلْقًى عِندَ بابِهِ قد غَطَّتِ القُروحُ جِسْمَه

وكانَ يَشتَهِي أَن يَشبَعَ مِن فُتاتِ مائِدَةِ الغَنيّ. غَيرَ أَنَّ الكِلابَ كانت تأتي فتَلحَسُ قُروحَه

وماتَ الفَقيرُ فحَمَلَتهُ المَلائِكَةُ إِلى حِضْنِ إِبراهيم. ثُمَّ ماتَ الغَنِيُّ ودُفِن

فرَفَعَ عَينَيهِ وهوَ في مَثْوى الأَمْواتِ يُقاسي العَذاب، فرأَى إِبْراهيمَ عَن بُعدٍ ولَعازَرَ في أَحضانِه

فنادى: يا أَبتِ إِبراهيمُ ٱرحَمْني فأَرسِلْ لَعازَر لِيَبُلَّ طَرَفَ إِصبَعِه في الماءِ ويُبَرِّدَ لِساني، فإِنِّي مُعَذَّبٌ في هٰذا اللَّهيب

فقالَ إِبراهيم: يا بُنَيَّ، تَذَكَّرْ أَنَّكَ نِلتَ خَيراتِكَ في حَياتِكَ ونالَ لَعازَرُ البَلايا. أَمَّا اليَومَ فهو هٰهُنا يُعزَّى وأَنتَ تُعَذَّب

ومع هٰذا كُلِّه، فبَيننا وبَينَكم أُقيمَت هُوَّةٌ عَميقة، لِكَيلا يَستَطيعَ الَّذينَ يُريدونَ الِٱجتِيازَ مِن هُنا إِلَيكُم أَن يَفعَلوا ولِكَيلا يُعبَرَ مِن هُناكَ إِلَينا

فَقَالَ: أَسْأَلُكَ إِذًا، يَا أَبَتِ، أَنْ تُرْسِلَهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي،

فإِنَّ لي خَمسَةَ إِخوَة. فَلْيُنذِرْهُم لِئَلَّا يَصيروا هُم أَيضًا إِلى مَكانِ العَذابِ هٰذا

فقالَ إِبراهيم: عندَهُم موسى والأَنبِياء، فَلْيَستَمِعوا إِلَيهم

فقال: لا يا أَبَتِ إِبراهيم، ولٰكِن إِذا مَضى إِليهِم واحِدٌ مِنَ الأَمواتِ يَتوبون

فقالَ له: إِن لم يَستَمِعوا إِلى موسى والأَنبِياء، لا يَقتَنِعوا ولو قامَ واحِدٌ مِنَ الأَموات»