Luke 16:12
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
KJV
καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς δώσει ὑμῖν;
Greek NT
Et si in alieno fideles non fuistis, quod vestrum est, quis dabit vobis ?
Vulgate
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
ASV
And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀλλότριος
allotrios
adjective · 14×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμέτερος
umeteros
possessive_pronoun · 11×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ὑμέτερον | Treg/NIV/RP: ὑμέτερον | WH: ἡμέτερον
- ὑμέτερον — SBLGNT
- ὑμέτερον — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἡμέτερον — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: δώσει ὑμῖν | WH/Treg: δώσει ὑμῖν | NIV/RP: ὑμῖν δώσει
- δώσει ὑμῖν — SBLGNT
- δώσει ὑμῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- ὑμῖν δώσει — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
- Luke 16:6 — And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
- Luke 19:13 — And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
- Matt 25:14 — For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.