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Luke 16:11

Faithfulness and loyaltyMoney and wealth

9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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BSB
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
KJV
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
WEB
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
ASV
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
DARBY
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
BLB
If, therefore, you⁺ were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you⁺ the true?
ÅB
Dersom dere da ikke har vært tro i den urettferdige mammon, hvem vil da betro dere de sanne skatter?
OTB
Hvis dere ikke har vært trofaste med verdslig rikdom, hvem vil da betro dere de sanne rikdommene?
B1930
Dersom I da ikke har vært tro i den urettferdige mammon, hvem vil da betro eder de sanne skatter?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 12:33

    Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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  • Proverbs 8:18–19

    With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

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  • James 2:5

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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  • Ephesians 3:8

    Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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  • Luke 18:22

    On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

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  • Luke 16:9

    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

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  • Revelation 3:18

    I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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