Luke · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Luke 16 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Jesús dijo también a sus discípulos: Había un hombre rico que tenía un administrador. Este fue acusado de malgastar los bienes de su señor.
1 He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
2 Entonces el señor lo llamó y le dijo: ¿Qué es esto que oigo de ti? Da cuenta de tu administración, porque ya no podrás ser administrador.
2 He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 El administrador dijo dentro de sí: ¿Qué haré, ya que mi señor me quita la administración? No tengo fuerzas para cavar, y me da vergüenza pedir limosna.
3 “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
4 Ya sé lo que haré, para que cuando me quiten la administración, otros me reciban en sus casas.
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Entonces llamó a cada uno de los deudores de su señor. Al primero le dijo: ¿Cuánto debes a mi señor?
5 Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6 Él respondió: Cien medidas de aceite. El administrador le dijo: Toma tu cuenta, siéntate pronto y escribe cincuenta.
6 He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 Luego dijo a otro: ¿Y tú cuánto debes? Él respondió: Cien medidas de trigo. Le dijo: Toma tu cuenta y escribe ochenta.
7 Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 El señor alabó al administrador injusto, porque actuó con astucia. Pues los hijos de este mundo son más astutos en el trato con su propia generación que los hijos de la luz.
8 “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.
9 Y yo les digo: Usen las riquezas injustas para ganarse amigos, para que cuando falten, los reciban en las moradas eternas.
9 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.
10 El que es fiel en lo muy poco, también es fiel en lo mucho; y el que es injusto en lo muy poco, también es injusto en lo mucho.
10 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.
11 Si ustedes no fueron fieles con las riquezas injustas, ¿quién les confiará las verdaderas riquezas?
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 Y si no fueron fieles con lo ajeno, ¿quién les dará lo que es de ustedes?
12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
13 Ningún siervo puede servir a dos señores, porque odiará a uno y amará al otro, o será fiel a uno y despreciará al otro. Ustedes no pueden servir a Dios y al dinero.
13 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.”
14 Los fariseos, que amaban el dinero, oían todas estas cosas y se burlaban de Jesús.
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
15 Él les dijo: Ustedes se hacen pasar por justos delante de la gente, pero Dios conoce sus corazones; porque lo que los hombres tienen por muy importante, delante de Dios es abominación.
15 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.
16 La Ley y los Profetas llegaron hasta Juan. Desde entonces se anuncian las buenas noticias del reino de Dios, y todos se esfuerzan por entrar en él.
16 “The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 Pero es más fácil que pasen el cielo y la tierra, que se caiga una sola tilde de la Ley.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
18 Todo el que se divorcia de su esposa y se casa con otra, comete adulterio; y el que se casa con la mujer divorciada de su esposo, comete adulterio.
18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19 Había un hombre rico que se vestía de púrpura y lino fino, y cada día hacía banquetes con lujo.
19 “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 También había un mendigo llamado Lázaro, que estaba echado a la puerta del rico, lleno de llagas.
20 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
21 Deseaba saciarse con las migajas que caían de la mesa del rico; y aun los perros venían y le lamían las llagas.
21 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.
22 Sucedió que murió el mendigo, y los ángeles lo llevaron al seno de Abraham. Murió también el rico, y fue sepultado.
22 The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 En el Hades, estando en tormentos, el rico alzó los ojos y vio de lejos a Abraham, y a Lázaro en su seno.
23 In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
24 Entonces clamó: Padre Abraham, ten misericordia de mí, y envía a Lázaro para que moje la punta de su dedo en agua y refresque mi lengua, porque sufro mucho en esta llama.
24 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.’
25 Pero Abraham le dijo: Hijo, recuerda que durante tu vida recibiste tus bienes, y Lázaro recibió males. Ahora él es consolado aquí, y tú sufres.
25 “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
26 Además de todo esto, entre nosotros y ustedes hay un gran abismo, de modo que los que quieren pasar de aquí a ustedes no pueden, ni de allá pueden pasar hacia nosotros.
26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
27 Entonces el rico dijo: Te ruego, padre, que lo envíes a la casa de mi padre,
27 “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
28 porque tengo cinco hermanos. Que les dé testimonio, para que ellos no vengan también a este lugar de tormento.
28 for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
29 Abraham le dijo: Tienen a Moisés y a los Profetas; que los escuchen.
29 “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30 Él dijo: No, padre Abraham; pero si alguien va a ellos de entre los muertos, se arrepentirán.
30 “He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Abraham le dijo: Si no escuchan a Moisés y a los Profetas, tampoco se convencerán aunque alguien resucite de entre los muertos.
31 “He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
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The poor man covered with sores at the rich man's gate in a parable of Jesus, carried by angels to Abraham's side.
Cited in the guide: Luke 16:20
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 4:10; Matthew 25:14–30; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Luke 12:42; James 4:3
- 2 1 Samuel 2:23–24; Ecclesiastes 11:9–10; Revelation 20:12; 1 Peter 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10
- 3 Proverbs 27:23–27; Jeremiah 5:31; Luke 18:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:11; Proverbs 21:25–26
- 4 James 3:15; Jeremiah 4:22; Proverbs 30:9
- 5 Luke 7:41–42; Matthew 18:24
- 6 Titus 2:10; Luke 16:12; Luke 16:9
- 7 Luke 20:9; Luke 20:12; Song of Songs 8:11–12
- 8 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Ephesians 5:8; John 12:36; Proverbs 6:6–8; Luke 16:10
- 9 Matthew 19:21; 1 Timothy 6:17–19; Daniel 4:27; Matthew 6:24; Proverbs 19:17
- 10 Luke 16:11–12; Matthew 25:21; Luke 19:17; Matthew 25:23; Hebrews 3:2
- 11 Luke 12:33; Proverbs 8:18–19; James 2:5; Ephesians 3:8; Luke 18:22
- 12 Luke 19:13–26; Job 1:21; Matthew 25:14–29; 1 Chronicles 29:14–16; 1 Peter 1:4–5
- 13 1 John 2:15–16; Matthew 6:24; James 4:4; Romans 8:5–8; Luke 14:26
- 14 Luke 23:35; Luke 12:15; Luke 20:47; Isaiah 56:11; Matthew 23:13
- 15 Proverbs 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Jeremiah 17:10; Proverbs 16:5
- 16 Matthew 11:9–14; Matthew 21:32; Acts 3:24–25; Matthew 3:2; John 1:45
- 17 Matthew 5:18; Luke 21:33; 1 Peter 1:25; Isaiah 40:8; Romans 3:31
- 18 Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11–12; Matthew 5:31–32; 1 Corinthians 7:10–12; 1 Corinthians 7:4
- 19 Ezekiel 16:49; Luke 18:24–25; Amos 6:4–6; James 5:1–5; Ezekiel 27:7
- 20 Acts 3:2; James 2:5; Job 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 34:19
- 21 Matthew 15:27; Mark 7:28; John 6:12; 1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 11:27
- 22 1 Peter 2:24; Psalm 49:16–19; Revelation 14:13; James 1:11; Matthew 18:10
- 23 2 Peter 2:4; Luke 16:28; Matthew 23:33; Matthew 18:9; Revelation 14:10–11
- 24 Revelation 22:1; John 4:10; John 4:14; Revelation 7:16–17; Matthew 25:41
- 25 Luke 6:24; 1 John 2:15; Psalm 17:14; Mark 9:45; Philippians 3:19
- 26 John 3:36; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 50:22; Malachi 3:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:4–10
- 28 Acts 2:40; Psalm 49:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Acts 20:23
- 29 Acts 15:21; Luke 16:16; Luke 24:27; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 2 Peter 1:19–21
- 30 Revelation 16:9–11; Luke 16:24; Luke 3:8; Luke 13:5; Luke 13:3
- 31 2 Corinthians 4:3; Acts 28:23; John 11:43–53; Acts 19:8; John 12:10–11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Our duty is to give to others the admonitions we have received ourselves. The recent lesson of the Gospel has admonished us to make friends of the mammon of iniquity, that they too may "receive" those who do so "into everlasting habitations." But who are they that shall have everlasting habitations, but the Saints of God?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… exhibits Abraham as having said to the rich man, with reference to all those who were still alive: "If they do not obey Moses and the prophets, neither, if any one were to rise from the dead and go to them, will they believe him."
These are little things, but "He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much." Nor can that possibly be void which proceedeth out of the mouth of Thy Truth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
And this I say, not that we may omit supplicating the saints, but to hinder our being careless, and entrusting our concerns to others only, while we fall back and slumber ourselves. For so when He said, "make to yourselves friends," he did not stop at this only, but He added, "of the unrighteous mammon;" that so again the good …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For how can a man become the one servant of two masters, when our Lord says in the Gospels, No man can serve two masters?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)