Luke 16:11

If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

In Context

10“He who is faithful with very little is also faithful with much, and he who is dishonest with very little is also dishonest with much.

12And if you have not been faithful with the property of another, who will give you property of your own?

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Cross References

Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Make yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 18:22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing yoʋ still lack: Sell everything yoʋ have and distribute the money to the poor, and yoʋ will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me.”

James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

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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