He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' 016:007 Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors{ 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. } of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' 016:008 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light. 016:009 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. 016:010 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 016:011 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 016:012 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 016:013 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon{"Mammon" refers to riches or a false god of wealth.}." 016:014 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. 016:015 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 016:016 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 016:017 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall. 016:018 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery. 016:019 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. 016:020 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, 016:021 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 016:022 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 016:023 In Hades{or, Hell}, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 016:024 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 in anguish in this flame.' 016:025 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime,