Luke 16:12

"And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

Montgomery 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

11"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

13"No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.

Luke 19:13"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "‘Trade with these until I come.’

1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless, which has been kept in heaven 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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