Verse 9
Luke 16:9
GOD'S WORD Translation
9
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἐγὼ ὑμῖν λέγω, ⸂ἑαυτοῖς ποιήσατε⸃ φίλους ἐκ τοῦ μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας, ἵνα ὅταν ⸀ἐκλίπῃ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σκηνάς.
English Translation
And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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Chapter 16 Context
1
He also said to his disciples,
“There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was ma...
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2
He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your man...
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3
“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the managemen...
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4
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their ho...
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5
Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lor...
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6
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write...
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7
Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him,...
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8
“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this worl...
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9
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they...
10
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little...
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11
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust th...
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12
If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?...
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13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he w...
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14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
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15
He said to them,
“You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God (Elohim) knows y...
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16
The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God (Elohim)’s Kingdom is...
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17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to...
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18
Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is di...
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19
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury ev...
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20
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
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21
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came...
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22
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died,...
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23
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his boso...
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24
He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of...
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25
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazaru...
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26
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from...
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27
“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;
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28
for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of t...
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29
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
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30
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
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31
“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if...
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