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Podobenstvo o nepoctivom správcovi

16  Potom Ježiš porozprával učeníkom iný príbeh: Jeden boháč mal správcu a toho obvinili zo sprenevery.

Pán si ho dal zavolať a povedal mu:Čo to o tebe počúvam? Predlož mi všetky účty, a ak si ma podvádzal, dám ti výpoveď.

Správca rozmýšľal:Čo teraz? Lopatou sa neuživím a žobrať sa hanbím.

Ale už viem, ako si získať priateľov. Možno mi pomôžu zohnať slušné miesto, ak budem prepustený!

Zavolal si jedného po druhom dlžníkov svojho pána a spýtal sa prvého:Koľko si dlžný môjmu pánovi?

Dlžník povedal:Sto džbánov olivového oleja. Správca mu poradil:Tu máš svoj dlžobný úpis, sadni si a napíš nový na päťdesiat.

Potom sa spýtal druhého dlžníka:A ty si koľko dlžný? Odpovedal:Sto vriec pšenice. Správca mu poradil:Vezmi si dlžobný úpis a napíš nový na osemdesiat.

Pán napokon prefíkaného správcu pochválil, že si počínal prezieravo. Treba priznať, že ľudia tohto sveta bývajú prezieravejší, keď im ide o zisk, ako veriaci, keď ide o večný život.

Hovorím vám, na peniazoch lipne veľa špiny. Ak však nimi niekomu pomôžete, premeníte ich na hodnotu, ktorá sa vám vráti vo večnosti."

10 Ježiš pokračoval: Kto je spoľahlivý v drobnostiach, je spoľahlivý aj v podstatných veciach. A ten, kto je nepoctivý v maličkostiach, zlyháva aj v závažných veciach.

11 A ak ste teda nepoctiví v pozemských veciach, kto môže dôverovať vašej viere v Boha? Ak neviete správne zaobchádzať s nespravodlivými peniazmi, kto vám zverí pravé bohatstvo?

12 Ak ste neboli verní v cudzom, kto vám dá, čo je vaše?

13 Ani jeden sluha nemôže slúžiť dvom pánom. Lebo buď jedného bude zanedbávať a druhému obetavo slúžiť, alebo prvému dá prednosť a druhého zanedbá. Nemôžete slúžiť Bohu i mamone."

Nové meradlá

14 Počuli to farizeji, ktorí sa pachtili za peniazmi, a vysmiali sa mu.

15 Ale Ježiš im povedal: Robíte dobrý dojem na ľudí svojou zbožnosťou, ale Boh pozná vaše srdce. Svojou vznešenou honosnosťou si získavate obdiv ľudí, ale Boh ňou pohŕda.

16 Obdobie Zákona a prorokov sa skončilo Jánom Krstiteľom. Teraz počujete radostnú správu, že prišlo Božie kráľovstvo, a kdekto si robí nárok na vstup do neho.

17 Ale nemýľte sa, skôr pominie nebo aj zem, ako by jediná z požiadaviek Božieho zákona stratila platnosť.

18 Napríklad, kto sa rozvádza so svojou ženou a berie si inú, previňuje sa proti prikázaniunescudzoložíš; a kto sa žení s rozvedenou, takisto cudzoloží."

Boháč a Lazár

19 Bol raz jeden bohatý človek, ktorý sa honosne obliekal, každý deň hodoval a oddával sa pôžitkom.

20 Pri bráne jeho domu líhal žobrák Lazár. Telo mal samý vred.

21 Aby si zahnal hlad, čakal na zvyšky z boháčovho stola. Neraz pribehli psy a oblizovali mu otvorené rany.

22 Lazár zomrel a anjeli ho preniesli do raja, kde sa stretol s Abrahámom. Krátko nato zomrel aj boháč. Pochovali ho a jeho duša sa dostala do pekla.

23 Tam v mukách zdvihol oči a v diaľke zazrel Abraháma spolu s Lazárom.

24 Otec Abrahám, zmiluj sa nado mnou, zavolal.Pošli Lazára, aby si omočil koniec prsta vo vode a zvlažil mi jazyk, lebo trpím v tomto plameni.

25 Ale Abrahám mu odpovedal:Synu, rozpomeň sa, že ty si žil na zemi v prepychu a hojnosti, no Lazár v biede a utrpení. Teraz sa on má dobre a ty trpíš.

26 Okrem toho vás delí obrovská priepasť, ktorú nik nemôže prekonať, aj keby chcel.

27 Nato boháč povedal:Tak ťa prosím, otec Abrahám, pošli ho aspoň k mojim piatim bratom,

28 nech ich varuje, aby sa aj oni nedostali na toto miesto múk.

29 Ale Abrahám mu odpovedal:Majú predsa Písmo, môžu sa správať podľa neho.

30 Boháč namietal:Nie, otec Abrahám, na Písmo oni nedajú, ale keby niekto vstal z mŕtvych, tomu by uverili a odvrátili sa od svojich hriechov.

31 Abrahám povedal:Ak nedajú na Mojžišov zákon a prorokov, nedajú sa presvedčiť, aj keby niekto vstal z mŕtvych. "

The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.(A) 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.’

“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— I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

“‘Nine hundred gallons[a] of olive oil,’ he replied.

“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’

“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’

“‘A thousand bushels[b] of wheat,’ he replied.

“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(B) are more shrewd(C) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(D) I tell you, use worldly wealth(E) to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.(F)

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,(G) and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth,(H) who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”(I)

14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(J) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(K) 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(L) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(M) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Additional Teachings

16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.(N) Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached,(O) and everyone is forcing their way into it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.(P)

18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.(Q)

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(R) 20 At his gate was laid a beggar(S) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(T) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(U) 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.’(V)

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(W) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(X) 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them,(Y) so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses(Z) and the Prophets;(AA) let them listen to them.’

30 “‘No, father Abraham,’(AB) he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

31 “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.’”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:6 Or about 3,000 liters
  2. Luke 16:7 Or about 30 tons

16 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.

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.

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.

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

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.

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.

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.

10 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.

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

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

13 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.

14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

15 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.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 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;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 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.

25 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.

26 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.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.