1 The parable of the unjust steward.
14 Christ reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees.
19 The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar.

a certain. Mt 18:23,24 25:14 *etc:

a steward. 8:3 12:42 Ge 15:2 43:19 1Ch 28:1 1Co 4:1,2 Tit 1:7 1Pe 4:10

wasted. 19 15:13,30 19:20 Pr 18:9 Ho 2:8 Jas 4:3

2 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.

How. Ge 3:9-11 4:9,10 18:20,21 1Sa 2:23,24 1Co 1:11 1Ti 5:24

give. 12:42 Ec 11:9,10 12:14 Mt 12:36 Ro 14:12 1Co 4:2,5 2Co 5:10 1Pe 4:5,10 1Ti 4:14 Re 20:12

for. 12:20 19:21-26

3 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.

said. 18:4 Es 6:6

What. 12:17 Isa 10:3 Jer 5:31 Ho 9:5 Ac 9:6

I cannot. Pr 13:4 15:19 18:9 19:15 21:25,26 24:30-34 26:13-16 27:23-27 Pr 29:21 2Th 3:11

to beg. 20,22 Pr 20:4 Mr 10:46 Joh 9:8 Ac 3:2

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

Pr 30:9 Jer 4:22 Jas 3:15

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

his. 7:41,42 Mt 18:24

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

measures.
'The word Batos in the original containeth nine gallons, three quarts. See Eze. 45:10-14.'

Take. 9,12 Tit 2:10

7 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.

An hundred. 20:9,12 So 8:11,12

measures. 'The word here interpreted a measure, in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and a pottle. Gr.'

8 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.

unjust. 10 18:6

done. 4 Ge 3:1 Ex 1:10 2Sa 13:3 2Ki 10:19 Pr 6:6-8

children of this. 20:34 Ps 17:14 1Co 3:18 Php 3:19

in. Ps 49:10-19 Mt 17:26

children of light. Joh 12:36 Eph 5:8 1Th 5:5 1Pe 2:9 1Jo 3:10

9 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.

Make. 11:41 14:14 Pr 19:17 Ec 11:1 Isa 58:7,8 Da 4:27 Mt 6:19 19:21 Mt 25:35-40 Ac 10:4,31 2Co 9:12-15 1Ti 6:17-19 2Ti 1:16-18

of the. 11,13

mammon. or, riches. Pr 23:5 1Ti 6:9,10,17

when. Ps 73:26 Ec 12:3-7 Isa 57:16

into. 2Co 4:17,18 5:1 1Ti 6:18 Jude 1:21

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.

faithful in. 11,12 19:17 Mt 25:21 Heb 3:2

he that is unjust. Joh 12:6 13:2,27

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

in. 9

true. 12:33 18:22 Pr 8:18,19 Eph 3:8 Jas 2:5 Re 3:18

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

in. 19:13-26 1Ch 29:14-16 Job 1:21 Eze 16:16-21 Ho 2:8 Mt 25:14-29

that which is your. 10:42 Col 3:3,4 1Pe 1:4,5

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.

servant. 9:50 11:23 Jos 24:15 Mt 4:10 6:24 Ro 6:16-22 8:5-8 Jas 4:4 1Jo 2:15,16

hate. 14:26

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

who. 12:15 20:47 Isa 56:11 Jer 6:13 8:10 Eze 22:25-29 33:31 Mt 23:14

derided. 8:53 23:35 Ps 35:15,16 119:51 Isa 53:3 Jer 20:7,8 Heb 11:36 Heb 12:2,3

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.

Ye. 10:29 11:39 18:11,21 20:20,47 Pr 20:6 Mt 6:2,5,16 23:5,25-27 Ro 3:20 Jas 2:21-25

God. 1Sa 16:7 1Ch 29:17 2Ch 6:30 Ps 7:9 139:1,2 Jer 17:10 Joh 2:25 Joh 21:17 Ac 1:18 15:8 1Co 4:5 Re 2:23

for. Ps 10:3 49:13,18 Pr 16:5 Isa 1:10-14 Am 5:21,22 Mal 3:15 1Pe 3:4 5:5

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

Law. 29,31 Mt 11:9-14 Joh 1:45 Ac 3:18,24,25

the kingdom. 9:2 10:9,11 Mt 3:2 4:17 10:7 Mr 1:14

and every. 7:26-29 Mt 21:32 Mr 1:45 Joh 11:48 12:19

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

it. 21:33 Ps 102:25-27 Isa 51:6 Mt 5:18 2Pe 3:10 Re 20:11 21:1,4

than. Isa 40:8 Ro 3:31 1Pe 1:25

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

Mt 5:32 19:9 Mr 10:11,12 1Co 7:4,10-12

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

river. 12:16-21 18:24,25 Jas 5:1-5

clothed. 1 15:13 Job 21:11-15 Ps 73:3-7 Eze 16:49 Am 6:4-6 Re 17:4 Re 18:7,16

purple. Jud 8:26 Es 8:15 Eze 16:13 27:7 Mr 15:17,20

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

a certain. 18:35-43 1Sa 2:8 Jas 1:9 2:5

Lazarus. Joh 11:1

was laid. Ac 3:2

full. 21 Job 2:7 Ps 34:19 73:14 Isa 1:6 Jer 8:22

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.

desiring. 1Co 4:11 2Co 11:27

crumbs. Mt 15:27 Mr 7:28 Joh 6:12

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;

that. Job 3:13-19 Isa 57:1,2 Re 14:13

was carried. Ps 91:11,12 Mt 13:38-43 24:31 Heb 2:14

Abraham's. Mt 8:11 Joh 13:23 21:20

the river. 12:20 Job 21:13,30-32 Ps 49:6-12,16-19 73:18-20 Pr 14:32 Mr 8:36 Jas 1:11 1Pe 2:24

and was buried. 2Ki 9:34,35 Ec 8:10 Isa 14:18 22:16

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

in hell. Ps 9:17 16:10 49:15 86:13 Pr 5:5 7:27 9:18 15:24 Isa 14:9,15 Mt 5:22,29 18:9 23:33 1Co 15:55 *marg: 2Pe 2:4 Re 20:13,14

being. 28 8:28 Mt 8:29 Re 14:10,11 20:10

seeth. 13:28,29 Mt 8:11,12

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.

Father. 30 3:8 Mt 3:9 Joh 8:33-39,53-56 Ro 4:12 9:7,8

have. 1Sa 28:16 Isa 27:11 Jas 2:13

in water. Isa 41:17,18 65:13,14 Joh 4:10,14 7:37 Re 7:16,17 22:1

and cool. Zec 14:12 Jas 3:6

for. Isa 66:24 Mt 25:41 Mr 9:43-49 2Th 1:8 Re 14:10,11 19:20 20:15

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.

Son. 24

remember. 23 La 1:7 Da 5:22,23,30 Mr 9:46

thy good. 6:24 Job 21:13,14 22:18 Ps 17:14 37:35,36 49:11 73:7,12-19 Ro 8:7 Php 3:19 1Jo 2:15

likewise. 20 Joh 16:33 Ac 14:22 1Th 3:3 Heb 11:25 Re 7:14

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.

between. 1Sa 25:36 Ps 49:14 Eze 28:24 Mal 3:18 2Th 1:4-10 Jas 1:11,12 Jas 5:1-7

they pass. 12:59 Ps 50:22 Mt 25:46 Joh 3:36 2Th 1:9 Re 20:10 22:11

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.

lest. Ps 49:12,13

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

have. 16 Isa 8:20 34:16 Mal 4:2-4 Joh 5:39-45 Ac 15:21 17:11,12 2Ti 3:15-17 2Pe 1:19-21

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

repent. 13:3,5 Re 16:9-11

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.

neither. Joh 11:43-53 12:10,11 2Co 4:3

be persuaded. Ge 9:27 *marg: Ac 19:8 26:28 28:23 2Co 5:11