Luke 16:9
7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
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.
11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- KJV
- And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- WEB
- I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
- ASV
- And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.
- DARBY
- And *I* say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.
- BLB
- And I say to you⁺, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they might receive you⁺ into the eternal dwellings.
- ÅB
- Og jeg sier dere: Gjør dere venner ved den urettferdige mammon, for at de, når den svikter, må ta imot dere i de evige boliger!
- OTB
- Og jeg sier dere, skaff dere venner ved hjelp av verdslig rikdom, slik at når den tar slutt, kan de ønske dere velkommen i de evige boliger.
- B1930
- Og jeg sier eder: Gjør eder venner ved den urettferdige mammon, forat de, når den svikter, må ta imot eder i de evige boliger!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 19:21
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–19
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in contextDaniel 4:27
Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
Read in contextMatthew 6:24
No one 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.
Read in contextProverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Read in contextLuke 16:11
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
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