Discovery BoxLuke 16:10-12 
Context16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little 1 is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy 2 in handling worldly wealth, 3 who will entrust you with the true riches? 4 16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy 5 with someone else’s property, 6 who will give you your own 7 ?
1 sn The point of the statement faithful in a very little is that character is shown in how little things are treated.
2 tn Or “faithful.”
3 tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9.
4 sn Entrust you with the true riches is a reference to future service for God. The idea is like 1 Cor 9:11, except there the imagery is reversed.
5 tn Or “faithful.”
6 tn Grk “have not been faithful with what is another’s.”
7 tn Grk “what is your own.”
