Chronological Plan
Read the Bible in the order that the events happened.
Today, we are reading Luke 16; Luke 17:1-10.
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, A 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, A 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 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; |
23 | And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
29 | Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. |
30 | And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. |
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. |
1 | Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! |
2 | It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. |
3 | Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. |
4 | And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. |
5 | And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. |
6 | And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. |
7 | But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? |
8 | And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? |
9 | Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. |
10 | So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. |
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