he divided unto them his living.
[13] And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
[14] And when he
had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
[15] And he went
and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
[16] And he
would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
[17] And
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to
spare, and I perish with hunger!
[18] I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee,
[19] And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as
one of thy hired servants.
[20] And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
[21] And the
son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be
called thy son.
[22] But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and
put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
[23] And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us
eat, and be merry:
[24] For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And
they began to be merry.
[25] Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard musick and dancing.
[26] And he called one of the servants, and asked what these
things meant.
[27] And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf,
because he hath received him safe and sound.
[28] And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore
came his father out, and intreated him.
[29] And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years
do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me
a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
[30] But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
[31] And he said unto him, Son,
thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
[32] It was meet that we should make merry, and be
glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke.16
[1] 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.
[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.
[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.
[4] I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses.
[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?
[6] And he said, An hundred measures of oil.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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