The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
Luke 16:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
- KJV
- If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- WEB
- If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- ASV
- If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- LSV
- if, then, in the unrighteous wealth you did not become faithful—who will entrust to you the true?
- YLT
- if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?
- DBY
- If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
- DRC
- If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true?
- GNV
- If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;
- RP2018
- Εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;
- SCR1894
- ει ουν εν τω αδικω μαμωνα πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το αληθινον τις υμιν πιστευσει
Who and where
◆ Teaching and Healing in Perea to Jerusalem
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Proverbs 8:18–19With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- James 2:5Listen, 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?
- Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
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