New American Standard Bible

Luke 16:10-22 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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

11. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

12. And if you have not been faithful in the use of 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 else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

14. Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

15. And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

16. "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

18. "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

19. "Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

20. And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

21. and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

22. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.