Luke 16:12

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 intrust to you the reality?

13There is no servant, who can serve two lords. For, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:14For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;

Luke 19:13And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds: and he said to them, Traffic until I come.

1 Peter 1:4and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;

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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