Luke 16:9

I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

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In The King James Version

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

In Context

8The master then commended the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own people than are the children of light.

10He who is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and he who is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:24The crown of wise people is their wealth, 1 but the folly of fools brings them only more folly. 1

Proverbs 23:5Will you let your eyes light upon it? 1 It will be gone, 1 for it will surely take up wings like an eagle 1 and fly off to the sky. 1

Ecclesiastes 12:3That will be the time when the palace guards will tremble, 2 and strong men are bent over, 1 and the women who grind cease because they are few, 1 and those who look out of windows no longer see clearly. 1

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to break your bread with the hungry and to bring the poor and homeless into your house?” 1 When you see someone naked, you should clothe him; and you should not hide yourself from your own relatives. 1

Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

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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