Luke 16:12

and if ye have not been faithful in that which belongs to another, who will give up to you that which is your own?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you with the true?

13No domestic can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For the case is like that of a man, who travelling abroad, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.

Luke 19:13And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten manehs, and said unto them, Employ yourselves in traffic, till I come back.

1 Peter 1:4for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens 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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