Luke 16:11

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

10He that is faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much.

12And if ye have not been found faithful in that which is not yours, who will give to you that which is yours?

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Cross References

Luke 12:33Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves bags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens; where no thief approacheth, and no moth eateth.

Luke 18:22And when Jesus heard these words, he said to him: One thing is lacking to thee: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou wilt have a treasure in heaven; and come after me.

James 2:5Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of the world, but the rich in faith, to be heirs in the kingdom which God hath promised to them that 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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