Verse 15
Luke 16:15
Geneva Bible
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Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God (Elohim) knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight 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 he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he w...
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And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of th...
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Then the stewarde saide within himselfe, What shall I doe? for my master taketh away from me the ste...
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I knowe what I will doe, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receiue mee into their...
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Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, and said vnto the first, Howe much owest t...
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And he said, An hudreth measures of oyle. And he saide to him, Take thy writing, and sitte downe qui...
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Then said he to another, How much owest thou? And hee sayde, An hundreth measures of wheate. Then he...
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And the Lord commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wisely. Wherefore the children of th...
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And I say vnto you, Make you friends with the riches of iniquitie, that when ye shall want, they may...
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He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least,...
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If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?
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And if ye haue not bene faithfull in another mans goods, who shall giue you that which is yours?
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No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els he s...
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All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.
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Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God (Elohim) knowe...
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The Lawe and the Prophets endured vntill Iohn: and since that time the kingdome of God (Elohim) is p...
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Nowe it is more easie that heauen and earth shoulde passe away, then that one title of the Lawe shou...
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Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth he...
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There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and deli...
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Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores,
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And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogg...
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And it was so that the begger died, and was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The rich man...
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And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his...
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Then he cried, and saide, Father Abraham, haue mercie on mee, and sende Lazarus that hee may dippe t...
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But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise...
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Besides all this, betweene you and vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from...
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Then he said, I pray thee therfore, father, that thou wouldest sende him to my fathers house,
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(For I haue fiue brethren) that he may testifie vnto them, least they also come into this place of t...
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Abraham said vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets: let them heare them.
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And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their li...
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Then he saide vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, th...
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