Luke 16:11
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
KJV
εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;
Greek NT
Si ergo in iniquo mammona fideles non fuistis quod verum est, quis credet vobis ?
Vulgate
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
ASV
If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
μαμμωνᾶς
mammonas
noun · 4×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀληθινός
alethinos
adjective · 28×
ἄδικος
adikos
adjective · 12×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…
Attaining his thirtieth year, he, under the admonition of the discourses of Ambrose, discovered more and more the truth of the Catholic doctrine, and deliberates as to the better regulation of his life. Chapter 1. His Mother Having Followed Him to Milan, Declares that She Will Not Die Before Her Son Shall Have Embraced the Catholic Faith. 1. O Thou, my hope from my youth, where…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:4 — But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
- 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 2Cor 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- 2Tim 1:14 — That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
- Col 3:2 — Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
- Luke 16:9 — 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.
- Luke 16:9 — 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.
- Luke 16:10 — He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Luke 18:22 — Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
- Matt 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Prov 8:18 — Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
- Prov 8:18 — Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
- Rev 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes w