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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF LUK 16:1 The Defrauding Steward.
He also told His disciples that "There was once a rich man who had a steward, who was accused to him of embezzling his estate.
RF LUK 16:2 So having called him, he asked, 'What is this I hear about you? Render me an account of your management; for you shall no longer be my steward.'
RF LUK 16:3 "'Now what shall I do?' said the steward to himself: 'for my master will take the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
RF LUK 16:4 I know what I will do; so that when I am dismissed from my position, some may receive me into their houses.'
RF LUK 16:5 "Then inviting separately the whole of his master's tenants, he asked the first, 'How much rent do you owe to my master?'
RF LUK 16:6 'A hundred baths1 of oil,' was his reply. 'Take your lease,' said the steward; 'sit down quickly, and write fifty.'
RF LUK 16:7 He then asked another, 'And how much is your rent?' 'A hundred kors2 of wheat,' was his reply. 'Take your lease,' said the other, 'and write fourscore.'
RF LUK 16:8 "And his master admired the rascality of the steward, because he had acted reflectively; for the sons of this world are for their own generation more reflective than the sons of the light.
RF LUK 16:9 "But I say to you make for yourselves friends beyond the world of villainy, so that when it departs they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
RF LUK 16:10 The faithful in a very little will also be the same in much; and whoever is unjust in little will also be unjust in much.
RF LUK 16:11 If you are therefore dishonest with the unstable wealth, who will entrust to you that which is real?
RF LUK 16:12 And if you have not been trustworthy in regard to what belongs to another, who will entrust you with anything for yourselves?
RF LUK 16:13 "No servant can serve two masters; for either he will disregard the one, and cling to the other; or, he will respect the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon."
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1. About 730 gallons.
2. About 1200 bushels.
RF LUK 16:14 Address to Money Worshippers.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, sneered at Him, however, when they heard all these remarks.
RF LUK 16:15 To them he said: "As for you, you palm yourselves off as just in the presence of men; but God knows your hearts: for what is held up to human admiration is abhorred by God.
RF LUK 16:16 "You had the law and the prophets until the coming of John; from then the good news of the Kingdom of God has been preached, and all press into it.
RF LUK 16:17 It is easier, however, for the heaven and the earth to pass away, then for a single hairstroke of the law to be repealed.
RF LUK 16:18 [[" Every one dismissing his own wife and marrying another commits adultery; and any man marrying a woman who has been dismissed by her husband, commits adultery."]]
RF LUK 16:19 The Rich Man and Lazarus.
There was once a man who was rich, and arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and who every day lived in pleasure and luxury.
RF LUK 16:20 And there was a beggar, named Lazarus, who, covered over with sores, was laid before his gate;
RF LUK 16:21 and he longed to be fed with the broken pieces which were thrown from the rich man's table; but, instead, the dogs came and licked his sores.
RF LUK 16:22 By-and-by, however, the beggar died; and he was conveyed by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
RF LUK 16:23 And, in the spirit land, being in torment, he looked up, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
RF LUK 16:24 And, shrieking out, he said, 'Father Abraham, have pity upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in torture in this flame!'
RF LUK 16:25 "'Child,' said Abraham, in reply, 'remember that you exhausted your pleasures during your lifetime; and Lazarus in the same way his sufferings; but now here he is comforted, while you are agonized.
RF LUK 16:26 Beside all this, a huge chasm lies between us and you; so that those who might desire to go from here towards you cannot do so; neither can any come to us from where you are.'
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Note.—V. 18 has evidently been misplaced by some old copyist, for the subject of the address was against the sins of avarice and selfish luxury, and NOT upon the law of marriage.
RF LUK 16:27 "'Then I beg of you, father,' replied the other, 'to send him to my father's house:
RF LUK 16:28 for I have five brothers; that he may entreat them; so that they also may not come into this place of torment.'
RF LUK 16:29 "'They have Moses and the prophets,' replied Abraham; 'let them listen to them.'
RF LUK 16:30 "'Not so, father Abraham,' was his answer; 'but if some one would go to them from the dead, they would change their minds.'
RF LUK 16:31 "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' was his reply, 'neither will they be persuaded even if one were to rise from among the dead.'"




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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