Verse 15
Luke 16:15
Bible in Basic English
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And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God (Elohim) sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ δικαιοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁ δὲ θεὸς γινώσκει τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν· ὅτι τὸ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑψηλὸν βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.
English Translation
And he said to them: You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Chapter 16 Context
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And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant...
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And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you ha...
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And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not...
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I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me int...
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And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of yo...
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And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fi...
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Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain....
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And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this worl...
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And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes...
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He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
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If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your car...
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And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that w...
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No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or...
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And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
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And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God (Elohim) sees your hearts: and...
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The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God (Elohim),...
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But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
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Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a wo...
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Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate...
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And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
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Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs c...
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And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of we...
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And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his b...
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And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put th...
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But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while L...
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And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from...
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And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
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For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not com...
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But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
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And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be ch...
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And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be move...
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