Luke 16
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And 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.
2And 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.
3Then 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.
4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7Then 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.
8And 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.
9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10He 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.
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
13No 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.
14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15And 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.
16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And 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;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24And 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.
25But 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.
26And 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.
27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358888× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253242× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- αὐτόςautósG84626× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- δέdéG116120× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- σύsýG477119× in this chapter
thou
- ἐνenG172214× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- ἔπωépōG203612× in this chapter
to speak or say (by word or writing)
- εἰμίeimíG15109× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- μέméG31658× in this chapter
me
- εἰςeisG15197× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- οὗτοςhoûtosG37787× in this chapter
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
- ἀπόapóG5757× in this chapter
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
- ἈβραάμAbraámG116× in this chapter
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
- ὅτιhótiG37546× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- οὐouG37566× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- ἑαυτοῦheautoûG14385× in this chapter
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
- ἵναhínaG24435× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- κύριοςkýriosG29625× in this chapter
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
- λέγωlégōG30045× in this chapter
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
- πᾶςpâsG39565× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- πρόςprósG43145× in this chapter
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
- τὶςtìsG51005× in this chapter
some or any person or object
- τίςtísG51015× in this chapter
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
- δέχομαιdéchomaiG12094× in this chapter
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- δύναμαιdýnamaiG14104× in this chapter
to be able or possible
- εἷςheîsG15204× in this chapter
one
- ἀκούωakoúōG1914× in this chapter
to hear (in various senses)
- ἕτεροςhéterosG20874× in this chapter
(an-, the) other or different
- θεόςtheósG23164× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- ΛάζαροςLázarosG29764× in this chapter
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
- πατήρpatḗrG39624× in this chapter
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- πιστόςpistósG41034× in this chapter
objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful
- πλούσιοςploúsiosG41454× in this chapter
wealthy; figuratively, abounding with
- ποιέωpoiéōG41604× in this chapter
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
- ἄνθρωποςánthrōposG4444× in this chapter
from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being
- γάρgárG10633× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- γίνομαιgínomaiG10963× in this chapter
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
- εἰeiG14873× in this chapter
if, whether, that, etc.
- ἐκekG15373× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἔχωéchōG21923× in this chapter
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)