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Version</a></span><br />So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />If therefore you have not been faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true <i>riches</i>?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true <i>riches?</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore if you have not been faithful in the <i>use of</i> unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true <i>wealth</i> to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If therefore you have not been faithful in the <i>use of</i> unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true <i>riches</i> to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore if you have not been faithful in the <i>use of</i> unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true <i>riches</i> to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore if you have not been faithful in the <i>use of</i> earthly wealth, who will entrust the true <i>riches</i> to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you cannot be trusted with this wicked wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Therefore, if you can't be trusted with wealth that is often used dishonestly, who will trust you with wealth that is real?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So if you haven't been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />if, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />If therefore you have not been faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If therefore ye were not faithful in the unjust mammon, who shall trust to you the true?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If therefore, you are not faithful with the wealth of iniquity, who will believe that there is any truth in you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“If therefore you are not faithful with the wealth of evil, who will commit to you the reality?”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the unrighteous riches, who will intrust you with the true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If therefore you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the true?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you with the true?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If, therefore, ye were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true <i>riches?</i><Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>If therefore ye have not been faithful in the false riches, who will intrust you with the true?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/16-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=6532" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/16.htm">The Parable of the Shrewd Manager</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>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. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egenesthe (V-AIM-2P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">you have not been</a> <a href="/greek/4103.htm" title="4103: pistoi (Adj-NMP) -- Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.">faithful</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">with</a> <a href="/greek/94.htm" title="94: adikō (Adj-DMS) -- Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.">worldly</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3126.htm" title="3126: mamōna (N-DMS) -- (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice.">wealth,</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">who</a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: pisteusei (V-FIA-3S) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">will entrust</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/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">with</a> <a href="/greek/228.htm" title="228: alēthinon (Adj-ANS) -- True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. From alethes; truthful.">true riches?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">12</span>And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></span><br />Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Proverbs 23:4-5</a></span><br />Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a></span><br />For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. / To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. / The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-2.htm">1 Corinthians 4:2</a></span><br />Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Proverbs 28:20</a></span><br />A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-21.htm">2 Corinthians 8:21</a></span><br />For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a></span><br />He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Colossians 3:2</a></span><br />Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">1 Peter 4:10</a></span><br />As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?</p><p class="hdg">in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Luke 16:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">true.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/18-22.htm">Luke 18:22</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm">Proverbs 8:18,19</a></b></br> Riches and honour <i>are</i> with me; <i>yea</i>, durable riches and righteousness… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/15-8.htm">Care</a> <a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Entrust</a> <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-17.htm">Fraud</a> <a href="/luke/15-22.htm">Good</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Handling</a> <a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Life</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Mammon</a> <a href="/luke/10-36.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/luke/12-21.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/mark/10-24.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/matthew/25-23.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Use</a> <a href="/luke/16-10.htm">True.</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Worldly</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Care</a> <a href="/luke/16-18.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/luke/23-46.htm">Entrust</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/acts/13-10.htm">Fraud</a> <a href="/luke/16-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">Handling</a> <a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Life</a> <a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Mammon</a> <a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Proved</a> <a href="/luke/18-24.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/john/1-12.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Trustworthy</a> <a href="/luke/18-6.htm">Unrighteous</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Use</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">True.</a> <a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/romans/12-10.htm">Worldly</a> <a href="/luke/16-15.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm">The parable of the unjust steward.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Jesus reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar.</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/luke/16.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>If, then, you have not been faithful</b><br />The phrase "If, then" introduces a conditional statement, emphasizing the logical consequence of one's actions. The Greek word for "faithful" is "πιστός" (pistos), which implies trustworthiness and reliability. In the biblical context, faithfulness is a key virtue, reflecting one's commitment to God's principles. Historically, faithfulness was a valued trait in ancient cultures, often associated with stewardship and responsibility. This phrase challenges believers to examine their integrity and reliability in handling what God has entrusted to them.<p><b>with worldly wealth</b><br />The term "worldly wealth" is translated from the Greek "μαμωνᾶς" (mammonas), often personified as Mammon, representing material wealth or greed. In the historical context of the New Testament, wealth was seen as both a blessing and a potential stumbling block. The Bible frequently warns against the dangers of prioritizing material wealth over spiritual well-being. This phrase serves as a reminder that earthly possessions are temporary and should be managed wisely and ethically, reflecting one's values and priorities.<p><b>who will entrust you</b><br />The word "entrust" comes from the Greek "πιστεύω" (pisteuō), meaning to believe in or have confidence in. In biblical terms, entrusting implies a transfer of responsibility, often with an expectation of stewardship. The historical context of entrusting wealth or responsibilities was common in ancient societies, where trust was foundational to social and economic interactions. This phrase underscores the principle that trust must be earned through demonstrated faithfulness and integrity.<p><b>with true riches?</b><br />"True riches" refers to spiritual wealth, which is eternal and far surpasses any material possession. The Greek word for "true" is "ἀληθινός" (alēthinos), meaning genuine or real. In the scriptural context, true riches are the blessings and rewards of the Kingdom of God, such as wisdom, peace, and eternal life. This phrase contrasts the transient nature of worldly wealth with the enduring value of spiritual treasures. It inspires believers to seek and prioritize the riches of God's Kingdom, which are imperishable and infinitely more fulfilling.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">if ye were not,</span> or, <span class= "ital">became not.</span> Here the "true riches" stand in contrast with the vain, deceitful, unrighteous mammon, and answer to the true spiritual wealth of peace, pardon, wisdom, or, in St. Paul's language, here again coloured by St. Luke's, the "unsearchable riches of Christ" (<a href="/ephesians/3-8.htm" title="To 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;">Ephesians 3:8</a>). Our Lord teaches His disciples, what human religious teachers have so often forgotten, that honesty, integrity, and, as implied in faithfulness, benevolence, in the use of this world's goods, be our portion small or great, is an indispensable condition of all spiritual advancement.<p>The Greek word for "true" may be noticed as being that which is generally characteristic of St. John. (See Notes on <a href="/john/1-9.htm" title="That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world.">John 1:9</a>; <a href="/john/4-23.htm" title="But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.">John 4:23</a>.) This is the only instance of its use in the three first Gospels; St. Paul uses it once (<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm" title="For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;">1Thessalonians 1:9</a>), and then, after companionship with St. Luke. It is found in three passages of the Epistle to the Hebrews (<a href="/hebrews/8-2.htm" title="A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.">Hebrews 8:2</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm" title="How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?">Hebrews 9:14</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm" title="For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:">Hebrews 9:24</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm" title="Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.">Hebrews 10:22</a>) twenty-three times in the writings of St. John. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The unrighteous mammon</span>. As above in the parable, "mammon" signifies money. The epithet "unrighteous" is used in the same sense as in ver. 9, where we read of the "mammon of unrighteousness." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/16-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">If,</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then,</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have not been</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγένεσθε</span> <span class="translit">(egenesthe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">faithful</span><br /><span class="grk">πιστοὶ</span> <span class="translit">(pistoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4103.htm">Strong's 4103: </a> </span><span class="str2">Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">worldly</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀδίκῳ</span> <span class="translit">(adikō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_94.htm">Strong's 94: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wealth,</span><br /><span class="grk">μαμωνᾷ</span> <span class="translit">(mamōna)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3126.htm">Strong's 3126: </a> </span><span class="str2">(Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">τίς</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will entrust</span><br /><span class="grk">πιστεύσει</span> <span class="translit">(pisteusei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῖν</span> <span class="translit">(hymin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[with]</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">true [riches]?</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀληθινὸν</span> <span class="translit">(alēthinon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_228.htm">Strong's 228: </a> </span><span class="str2">True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. 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