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Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home. <a href="/esv/luke/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. <a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails, they might receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/kjv/luke/16.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/luke/16.htm">New King James Version</a> “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. <a href="/nasb_/luke/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it is all gone, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/nasb/luke/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/nasb77/luke/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/lsb/luke/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will take you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/amp/luke/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And I tell you [learn from this], make friends for yourselves [for eternity] by means of the wealth of unrighteousness [that is, use material resources as a way to further the work of God], so that when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/csb/luke/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings. <a href="/hcsb/luke/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings. <a href="/asv/luke/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/luke/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> My disciples, I tell you to use wicked wealth to make friends for yourselves. Then when it is gone, you will be welcomed into an eternal home. <a href="/erv/luke/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/luke/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> [Jesus continued,] "I'm telling you that although wealth is often used in dishonest ways, you should use it to make friends for yourselves. When life is over, you will be welcomed into an eternal home. <a href="/gnt/luke/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> And Jesus went on to say, "And so I tell you: make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth, so that when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home. <a href="/isv/luke/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> "I'm telling you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they will welcome you into eternal homes. <a href="/msb/luke/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when you fail, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. <a href="/net/luke/16.htm">NET Bible</a> And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes. <a href="/nheb/luke/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it is gone they may welcome you into the everlasting dwellings. <a href="/wbt/luke/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. <a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish. <a href="/web/luke/16.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I say to you, make to yourselves friends out of the wealth of unrighteousness, that when you may fail, they may receive you into the continuous dwelling places. <a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails, they might receive you into the eternal dwellings. <a href="/ylt/luke/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles. <a href="/slt/luke/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of injustice; that, when ye fail, they might receive you into lasting tents.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. <a href="/cpdv/luke/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. <a href="/nabre/luke/16.htm">New American Bible</a> I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. <a href="/nrsvce/luke/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I also say, use this earthly wealth, however acquired, to make friends so that when it is gone, they will receive you and you will have everlasting habitation. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Also, I say to you, make for yourselves friends of this money of evil, that whenever it has been spent, they may receive you into their eternal dwellings.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And I say to you, Make for yourselves friends with the unrighteous riches, that when you fail, you may be received into the everlasting habitations. <a href="/godbey/luke/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And I say unto you, Make yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon that when ye fail, they may receive you into the eternal mansions.<CM> <a href="/mace/luke/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a> I advise you in like manner to lay out your fallacious treasure in acts of charity, that when you die, they may secure to you everlasting habitations. <a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish. <a href="/worrell/luke/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And I say to you, make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into everlasting tabernacles.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends with <Fr>these<FR> unrighteous treasures, that when they fail, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/16-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=6510" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">The Parable of the Shrewd Manager</a> …8The 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. 9<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">tell</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">use</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/93.htm" title="93: adikias (N-GFS) -- Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.">worldly</a> <a href="/greek/3126.htm" title="3126: mamōna (N-GMS) -- (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice.">wealth</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsate (V-AMA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">to make</a> <a href="/greek/5384.htm" title="5384: philous (Adj-AMP) -- Friendly; subst: a friend, an associate. Properly, dear, i.e. A friend; actively, fond, i.e. Friendly.">friends</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautois (RefPro-DM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">for yourselves,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3752.htm" title="3752: hotan (Conj) -- When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.">when</a> <a href="/greek/1587.htm" title="1587: eklipē (V-ASA-3S) -- To fail, die out, come to an end, be defunct. From ek and leipo; to omit, i.e. cease.">it is gone,</a> <a href="/greek/1209.htm" title="1209: dexōntai (V-ASM-3P) -- To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive.">they will welcome</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōnious (Adj-AFP) -- From aion; perpetual.">eternal</a> <a href="/greek/4633.htm" title="4633: skēnas (N-AFP) -- A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. Apparently akin to skeuos and skia; a tent or cloth hut.">dwellings.</a> 10Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> 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. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. <a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a> Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. <a href="/matthew/19-21.htm">Matthew 19:21</a> 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.” <a href="/james/2-5.htm">James 2:5</a> 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? <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a> Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6-9</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. / Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. / And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. ... <a href="/matthew/25-34.htm">Matthew 25:34-40</a> Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. / For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ ... <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9-10</a> Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. / Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith. <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:1-2</a> Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. / Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land. <a href="/acts/10-2.htm">Acts 10:2-4</a> He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. / One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” / Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God. <a href="/proverbs/14-31.htm">Proverbs 14:31</a> Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him. <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a> If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. <a href="/matthew/10-42.htm">Matthew 10:42</a> And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.” <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-8</a> Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? / Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.Make.<a href="/luke/11-41.htm">Luke 11:41</a> But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.<a href="/luke/14-14.htm">Luke 14:14</a> And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.<a href="/proverbs/19-17.htm">Proverbs 19:17</a> He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.of the.<a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Luke 16:11,13</a> If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? … mammon.<a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Proverbs 23:5</a> Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.<a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9,10,17</a> But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition… when.<a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Psalm 73:26</a> My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:3-7</a> In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, … <a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a> For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.into.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17,18</a> For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; … <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1</a> For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.<a href="/1_timothy/6-18.htm">1 Timothy 6:18</a> That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/12-44.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">Dishonesty</a> <a href="/luke/14-29.htm">End</a> <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/mark/3-29.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/luke/11-4.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/luke/15-29.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habitations</a> <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Mammon</a> <a href="/luke/14-28.htm">Means</a> <a href="/luke/15-17.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/luke/16-4.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/luke/16-4.htm">Received</a> <a href="/luke/13-19.htm">Resting-Places</a> <a href="/luke/9-33.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/luke/11-16.htm">Tempting</a> <a href="/luke/9-33.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/luke/16-8.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/luke/13-27.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Use</a> <a href="/luke/16-1.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/luke/16-4.htm">Welcome</a> <a href="/luke/10-38.htm">Welcomed</a> <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Win</a> <a href="/mark/4-19.htm">Worldly</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/19-17.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Dishonesty</a> <a href="/luke/16-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/luke/18-18.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/luke/18-30.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/luke/16-17.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm">Fails</a> <a href="/luke/21-16.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/genesis/36-43.htm">Habitations</a> <a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Mammon</a> <a href="/luke/19-47.htm">Means</a> <a href="/luke/21-18.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/luke/18-17.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Received</a> <a href="/john/14-2.htm">Resting-Places</a> <a href="/john/7-2.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/john/8-6.htm">Tempting</a> <a href="/john/7-2.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/john/7-18.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Use</a> <a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/john/1-11.htm">Welcome</a> <a href="/luke/19-6.htm">Welcomed</a> <a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Win</a> <a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Worldly</a> <a href="/luke/16-11.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 16</div>1. <a href="/luke/16-1.htm">The parable of the unjust steward.</a> 14. <a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Jesus reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees.</a> 19. <a href="/luke/16-19.htm">The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Gospels, Jesus often uses this phrase to introduce significant spiritual truths or principles. It underscores His role as a teacher and prophet, conveying divine wisdom.use worldly wealth Worldly wealth refers to material possessions and financial resources. In the context of first-century Judea, wealth was often seen as a sign of God's blessing, yet Jesus frequently taught about the dangers of relying on riches (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>). The term "worldly" suggests a temporary and earthly nature, contrasting with eternal values. Jesus is not condemning wealth itself but instructing on its proper use.to make friends for yourselves This phrase suggests using resources to build relationships that have lasting value. In the cultural context, hospitality and generosity were highly valued, and forming alliances through gifts was common. The idea is to invest in relationships that transcend earthly life, reflecting the principle of sowing and reaping (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-10</a>).so that when it is gone This acknowledges the transient nature of material wealth. Wealth can be lost or depleted, and ultimately, it cannot be taken beyond this life (<a href="/1_timothy/6-7.htm">1 Timothy 6:7</a>). Jesus emphasizes the inevitability of wealth's end, urging a focus on what endures beyond temporal existence.they will welcome you into eternal dwellings "Eternal dwellings" refers to the heavenly realm, a place of everlasting life with God. The imagery of being welcomed suggests a community aspect of the afterlife, where relationships formed on earth have eternal significance. This aligns with the biblical theme of storing treasures in heaven (<a href="/matthew/6-20.htm">Matthew 6:20</a>) and the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which follows in <a href="/luke/16.htm">Luke 16</a>, illustrating the eternal consequences of earthly actions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this parable, providing teaching on the use of wealth and resources. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The primary audience of Jesus' teaching, representing followers of Christ who are learning about kingdom values. 3. <a href="/topical/w/worldly_wealth.htm">Worldly Wealth</a> Refers to material possessions and financial resources, often seen as temporary and not eternal. 4. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_dwellings.htm">Eternal Dwellings</a> Symbolizes the eternal life and heavenly rewards that await believers who live according to God's principles. 5. <a href="/topical/f/friends.htm">Friends</a> Represents those who benefit from the believer's wise and generous use of resources, potentially leading them to faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a> Believers are called to manage their resources wisely, recognizing that all wealth is ultimately God's and should be used for His purposes. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Christians should prioritize eternal outcomes over temporary gains, using their wealth to impact lives for the kingdom of God. <a href="/topical/g/generosity_as_witness.htm">Generosity as Witness</a> By using wealth to bless others, believers can demonstrate the love of Christ and potentially lead others to faith. <a href="/topical/b/building_relationships.htm">Building Relationships</a> Investing in relationships through generosity can create opportunities for sharing the gospel and fostering community. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_reward.htm">Accountability and Reward</a> There is a promise of eternal reward for those who use their resources in alignment with God's will, encouraging believers to live with accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 16</a> <a href="/q/how_does_wealth_secure_eternal_friends.htm">How can worldly wealth secure eternal friendships?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_truly_overcome_death.htm">How can worldly wealth secure eternal friendships?</a> <a href="/q/what_happens_if_you_abandon_faith.htm">What does it profit to gain the world?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_luke_16_1-8_praise_the_steward.htm">Why does Luke 16:1–8 seem to commend the unjust steward’s dishonest tactics, potentially endorsing unethical behavior? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) And I say unto you.--The pronoun is emphatic, and stands, as in <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm" title="But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.">Matthew 5:22</a>; <a href="/matthew/5-28.htm" title="But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.">Matthew 5:28</a>; <a href="/matthew/5-32.htm" title="But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.">Matthew 5:32</a>, in contrast with what had gone before.Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.--On "mammon," comp. Note on <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm" title="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. You cannot serve God and mammon.">Matthew 6:24</a>. The word was Syriac in its origin, and was found also, as Augustine testifies, in Punic. It was in common use in the Targums or Paraphrases of the Old Testament, in our Lord's time, for "wealth" or "riches," and possibly, as stated by Tertullian, whose authority, as a Carthaginian, may be admitted as of some weight, was applied to some Syrian deity who, like the Greek Plutus, was worshipped as wealth personified. If we admit this view, it explains, what otherwise it is not easy to explain, St. Luke's introduction of the Syriac word instead of its Greek equivalent. "The mammon of unrighteousness," the genitive having the same force as in <a href="/luke/16-8.htm" title="And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.">Luke 16:8</a>, is the wealth to which that character for the most part attaches, wealth wrongly gained and wrongly spent. And yet "of that mammon"--or better, out of, or with, the mammon--men are to make friends. The right use of wealth in helping the poor, making men happier and better, leading them to repentance and to God, will gain for us friends, perhaps the very persons whom we have helped, perhaps the angels of God who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, perhaps even Christ and the Father, who will receive us into "everlasting habitations." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness. Then, with his usual solemn formula, "I say unto you," the Lord gave out his moral interpretation of the parable. His words were addressed to possessors of various degrees of wealth. "You will soon have to give up all your worldly goods; be prudent in time, make some real friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness; by means of that money entrusted to your care, do good to others who are in need." The mammon of unrighteousness. This word "mammon" does not denote, as some have supposed, the name of a deity, the god of wealth or money, but it signifies "money" itself. It is a Syriac or Aramaic term. The words, "of unrighteousness," are added because in so many cases the getting of money is tainted with unrighteousness in some form or other; and, when possessed, it so often hardens the heart, as the Lord himself said in another place (<a href="/luke/18-25.htm">Luke 18:25</a>), that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. "What the steward of my story," said the Master, "did to men of his world, see that you with your money do toward those who belong to your world." That, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. So that when you shall be dismissed from being stewards of God's possessions, that is, when ye shall die, "when ye suffer the last eclipse and bankruptcy of life," that then others, your friends, may receive you (welcome you) into everlasting dwellings. The majority of the older authorities here, instead of" when ye fail," read, "when it (money) shall fail you" (by the event of your death). The sense of the passage, however, remains the same, whichever reading be adopted. But now a deeply interesting question arises - When the Lord speaks of friends receiving us after death into eternal homes, to what friends is he alluding? Great expositors, Ewald and Meyer, for instance, tell us that he means the angels. But the plain sense of the parable points, not to angels, but to poor, weak, suffering persons whom we have helped here; these, then, must be the friends who will receive us, or welcome us, in the world to come. A further query suggests itself - How will these be able to receive us? To such a question no definite reply can be given. We know too little of the awful mysteries of that world to be able even to hazard a surmise as to the help or the comfort which grateful, blessed spirits will be able to show to their brethren the newly arrived, when they receive them. His word here must suffice us; well will it be for us, if one day we practically discover the holy secret for ourselves. Godet has a weighty note with which he concludes his exposition of this difficult but most instructive parable: "There is no thought more fitted than that of this parable, on the one hand to undermine the idea of merit belonging to alms-giving (what merit could be got out of that which is another's? and is not all money, are not all goods out of which we bestow our alms, God's?); and on the other, to encourage us in the practice of that virtue which assures us of friends and protectors for the grave moment of our passing into the world to come." One beautiful and exquisitely comforting thought is shrined in this playful and yet intensely solemn utterance of Jesus. The eternal tents, the "many mansions," as John calls them, will have among their occupants, it is certain, many a one whose life on earth was hard and sorrowful. These are now enjoying bliss indescribable, these poor Lazaruses, to whom this world was so sad, so dreary a habitation. And perhaps a portion of their blessedness consists in this power, to which the Lord makes allusion here, of assisting others - the helped here becoming the helpers there. Although the teaching of Christ and his chosen servants here and elsewhere shows us distinctly that no merit can attach to almsgiving, seeing that our alms are only given out of property entrusted to us for a short time by God for this and other similar purposes, yet the same authoritative teaching informs us that God has regard to almsdeeds done in the true spirit of love, in determining our eternal destiny. Thus a message direct from heaven informs the Roman legionary Cornelius that his prayers and alms were come up for a memorial before God. Paul writes to Timothy to charge the Ephesus Christians "that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." In the parable of Lazarus and Dives we shall find this principle yet more clearly illustrated. These are only a few out of the many passages where this generosity and almsgiving is commended to the believer with peculiar earnestness. <a href="/commentaries/luke/16-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. use ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. worldly ἀδικίας (adikias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_93.htm">Strong's 93: </a> Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness. wealth μαμωνᾶ (mamōna) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3126.htm">Strong's 3126: </a> (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice. to make ποιήσατε (poiēsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. friends φίλους (philous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5384.htm">Strong's 5384: </a> Friendly; subst: a friend, an associate. Properly, dear, i.e. A friend; actively, fond, i.e. Friendly. for yourselves, ἑαυτοῖς (heautois) Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. when ὅταν (hotan) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3752.htm">Strong's 3752: </a> When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as. it is gone, ἐκλίπῃ (eklipē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1587.htm">Strong's 1587: </a> To fail, die out, come to an end, be defunct. From ek and leipo; to omit, i.e. cease. they will welcome δέξωνται (dexōntai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1209.htm">Strong's 1209: </a> To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. eternal αἰωνίους (aiōnious) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. dwellings. σκηνάς (skēnas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4633.htm">Strong's 4633: </a> A tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. 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