THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS COMPARED

The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 16


LUKE
Chapter 16


1 He also said to the
disciples, "There was a
rich man who had a
steward, and charges were
brought to him that this
man was wasting his
goods.
2 And he called him and
said to him, 'What is this
that I hear about you?
Turn in the account of
your stewardship, for you
can no longer be steward.'
3 And the steward said to
himself, 'What shall I do,
since my master is taking
the stewardship away from
me? I am not strong
enough to dig, and I am
ashamed to beg.
4 I have decided what to
do, so that people may
receive me into their
houses when I am put out
of the stewardship.'
5 So, summoning his
master's debtors one by
one, he said to the first,
'How much do you owe
my master?'
6 He said, 'A hundred
measures of oil.' And he
said to him, 'Take your
bill, and sit down quickly
and write fifty.'
7 Then he said to another,
'And how much do you
owe?' He said, 'A hundred
measures of wheat.' He
said to him, 'Take your
bill, and write eighty.'
8 The master commended
the dishonest steward for
his shrewdness; for the
sons of this world are
more shrewd in dealing
with their own generation
than the sons of light.
9 And I tell you, make
friends for yourselves by
means of unrighteous
mammon, so that when it
fails they may receive you
into the eternal habitations.


10 "He who is faithful in
a very little is faithful also
in much; and he who is
dishonest in a very little is
dishonest also in much.














11 If then you have not
been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon,
who will entrust to you the
true riches?
12 And if you have not
been faithful in that which
is another's, who will 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 he will be
devoted to the one and
despise the other. You
cannot serve God and
mammon."


14 The Pharisees, who
were lovers of money,
heard all this, and they
scoffed at him.
15 But he said to them,
"You are those who justify
yourselves before men, but
God knows your hearts;
for what is exalted among
men is an abomination in
the sight of God.



16 "The law and the
prophets were until John;
since then the good news
of the kingdom of God is
preached, and every one
enters it violently.


17 But it is easier for
heaven and earth to pass
away, than for one dot of
the law to become void.




18 "Every one who
divorces his wife and
marries another commits
adultery, and he who
marries a woman divorced
from her husband commits
adultery.





19 "There was a rich
man, who was clothed in
purple and fine linen and
who feasted sumptuously
every day.
20 And at his gate lay a
poor man named Lazarus,
full of sores,
21 who desired to be fed
with what fell from the
rich man's table; moreover
the dogs came and licked
his sores.
22 The poor man died and
was carried by the angels
to Abraham's bosom. The
rich man also died and was
buried;
23 and in Hades, being in
torment, he lifted up his
eyes, and saw Abraham far
off and Lazarus in his
bosom.
24 And he called out,
'Father Abraham, have
mercy upon me, and send
Lazarus to dip the end of
his finger in water and
cool my tongue; for I am
in anguish in this flame.'
25 But Abraham said,
'Son, remember that you
in your lifetime received
your good things, and
Lazarus in like manner evil
things; but now he is
comforted here, and you
are in anguish.
26 And besides all this,
between us and you a
great chasm has been
fixed, in order that those
who would pass from here
to you may not be able,
and none may cross from
there to us.'
27 And he said, 'Then I
beg you, father, to send
him to my father's house,
28 for I have five
brothers, so that he may
warn them, lest they also
come into this place of
torment.'
29 But Abraham said,
'They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear
them.'
30 And he said, 'No,
father Abraham; but if
some one goes to them
from the dead, they will
repent.'
31 He said to him, 'If
they do not hear Moses
and the prophets, neither
will they be convinced if
some one should rise from
the dead.'"







MARK


































































































































Mark 10:11 And he said
to them, "Whoever
divorces his wife and
marries another, commits
adultery against her;
Mark 10:12 and if she
divorces her husband and
marries another, she
commits adultery."












































































MATTHEW




























































Matthew 25:21 His
master said to him, 'Well
done, good and faithful
servant; you have been
faithful over a little, I will
set you over much; enter
into the joy of your
master.'
Matthew 25:23 His
master said to him, 'Well
done, good and faithful
servant; you have been
faithful over a little, I will
set you over much; enter
into the joy of your
master.'













Matthew 6:24 "No one
can serve two masters; for
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 God and
mammon.
















Matthew 11:12 From the
days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of
heaven has suffered
violence, and men of
violence take it by force.


Matthew 5:18 For truly, I
say to you, till heaven and
earth pass away, not an
iota, not a dot, will pass
from the law until all is
accomplished.


Matthew 5:32 But I say to
you that every one who
divorces his wife, except
on the ground of
unchastity, makes her an
adulteress; and whoever
marries a divorced woman
commits adultery.


















































































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