Luke 16:11
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If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?

in.

Luke 16:9 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.

true.

Luke 12:33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

Luke 18:22 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Proverbs 8:18,19 For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver. . . .

Ephesians 3:8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried, that thou mayest be made rich and mayest be clothed in white garments: and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Context
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is unjust also in that which is greater. 11If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true? 12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?…
Cross References
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:9
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.

Luke 16:12
And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

Lexicon
If,
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

then,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

you have not been
ἐγένεσθε (egenesthe)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

faithful
πιστοὶ (pistoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

worldly
ἀδίκῳ (adikō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 94: Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.

wealth,
μαμωνᾷ (mamōna)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3126: (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice.

who
τίς (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

will entrust
πιστεύσει (pisteusei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[with]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

true [riches]?
ἀληθινὸν (alēthinon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 228: True (lit: made of truth), real, genuine. From alethes; truthful.


Additional Translations
If, then, you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

If therefore you have not been faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true?

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ?

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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?

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
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