The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
Luke 16:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
- KJV
- And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
- WEB
- If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
- ASV
- And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
- LSV
- And if in the other’s you did not become faithful—who will give to you your own?
- YLT
- and if in the other's ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?
- DBY
- and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?
- DRC
- And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s; who will give you that which is your own?
- GNV
- And if ye haue not bene faithfull in another mans goods, who shall giue you that which is yours?
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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.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὑμέτερον (“[is] yours”); Westcott–Hort read ἡμέτερον (“[is] our own”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles place ὑμῖν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ὑμέτερον. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ὑμέτερον; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἡμέτερον.
- SBLGNT: δώσει ὑμῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read δώσει ὑμῖν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ὑμῖν δώσει.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς δώσει ὑμῖν;
- RP2018
- Καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς ὑμῖν δώσει;
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ εἰ ἐν τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ὑμέτερον τίς ὑμῖν δώσει;
- SCR1894
- και ει εν τω αλλοτριω πιστοι ουκ εγενεσθε το υμετερον τις υμιν δωσει
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- Colossians 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
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