Lux. 16, 1–18

The Lord also said to His disciples: "A certain man was rich and had a steward, against whom it was reported to him that he was squandering his possessions." Calling him, he said to him, "What is this that I hear about you? give an account of thy stewardship, for thou canst no longer govern. Then the steward said to himself, What shall I do? my lord takes away from me the stewardship of the house; I can't dig, I'm ashamed to ask. I know what to do, so that I may be received into their homes, when I am left from the stewardship of the house. And having called his master's debtors, each one separately, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord? He said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, "Take your receipt, and sit down quickly, and write, 'Fifty.'" Then he said to another, "How much do you owe?" And he answered, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your receipt, and write, Eighty.

And the lord praised the infidel steward for having acted wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser than the sons of light in their kind.

And I say unto you, Make yourselves friends with the riches of unrighteousness, that when they become poor, they may receive you into eternal abodes.

He who is faithful in little is faithful in much, and he who is unfaithful in little is unfaithful in much.

So, if you have not been faithful in unrighteous riches, who will believe you in the true? And if you were not faithful in the things of others, who will give you yours?

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other; or he will be zealous for the one, and neglect the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they laughed at Him. He said to them, "You show yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts: for what is high among men is an abomination in the sight of God."

The Law and the Prophets before John; from this time on, the Kingdom of God is preached and everyone enters it by effort. But heaven and earth will pass away sooner than one tittle of the law will be lost.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whosoever marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

136. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

Lux. 16, 19–31

A certain man was rich: he dressed himself in purple and fine linen,[21] and every day he feasted magnificently. There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who lay at his gate in scabs and wanted to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and the dogs, passing by, licked his scabs.

The beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and he was buried. And in hell, being in torments, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, and cried out, saying, Father Abraham! have compassion 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.