Luke 16:11

Luke 16:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• New International Version (NIV)So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Context of Luke 16:11

9I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the wealth of the world, so when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal shelters. 10“One who is faithful in the smallest matters is also faithful in much, and the one unjust in the smallest matters will likewise be unjust in much. So then, if you cannot be trusted with unjust wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? 12Now if you have not been trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you anything of your own? 13No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Luke 16:11 word by word

εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ye haveγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• notοὐou · noG3756
• faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the unrighteousὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the unrighteousἄδικοςadikos · unjustG94
• mammonμαμμωνᾶςmammōnas · wealthG3126
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• will commitπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• to yourσύsu · youG4771
• the trueἀληθινόςalēthinos · trueG228

Cross-references for Luke 16:11

• Luke 16:9I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the wealth of the world, so when it runs out, they will welcome you into the eternal shelters.
• Luke 12:33“Sell your possessions and do tzadakah. Make money pouches for yourselves that do not get old—a treasure in the heavens that never runs out, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
• Luke 18:22When Yeshua heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all, as much as you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
• Proverbs 8:18With me are wealth and honor, enduring riches and righteousness.
• Ephesians 3:8This favor was given to me, the very least of His kedoshim, to proclaim to the Gentiles the endless riches of the Messiah
• James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters. Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom that He promised to those who love Him?
• Revelation 3:18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may dress yourself and so the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed, and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

Commentaries on Luke 16:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Who will commit … - If you are not faithful in the small matters pertaining to this world, if you do not use aright your property and influence, you cannot expect that God will commit to you the true riches of his grace. Men who are dishonest and worldly, and who do not employ the deceitful mammon as they ought, cannot expect to grow in grace. God does not confer grace upon them, and their being unfaithful in earthly matters is evidence that they “would…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. unrighteous mammon--To the whole of this He applies the disparaging term "what is least," in contrast with "the true riches."Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 16:11

• Faithfulness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mammon
• Probation
• Servant
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Beg
• Beside
• Cool
• Deride
• Dig
• Fare
• Mammon
• Put
• Riches

Commentaries on Luke 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings