Luke 16:12

And if you were not neeman with that which belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

In Context

11If, then, you were not ne'eman with unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you with hon emes?

13No eved is able to serve two adonim; for either he will have sinah (hatred) toward the one and he will have ahavah (love) toward the other, or one he will be devoted to and the other he will despise. Your avodas service cannot be for both Hashem and Mammon.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should have ko'ach to make this freewill offering? For all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.

Ezekiel 16:16And of thy begadim thou didst take, and adorned thy bamot te'lu'ot (gaudy high places, cult prostitution brilliantly colored harlot “beds”), and playedst the zonah thereupon; such things should not come, neither should they be.

Matthew 25:14For it is as a man going on a journey, who called to his own avadim (slaves) and handed over to them his possessions.

Luke 19:13And having summoned ten avadim (servants) of his, he gave them ten minas and he said to them, Conduct business until I come.

1 Peter 1:4We have also been born anew to a nachalah (inheritance) + 1:4 3:9 that is without shachat + 1:4 Ps 16:10 (corruption, decay), undefiled and unfading, having been preserved in Shomayim for you,

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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