Luke 16:11
ContextNET © | If then you haven’t been trustworthy 1 in handling worldly wealth, 2 who will entrust you with the true riches? 3 |
NIV © | So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? |
NASB © | "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? |
NLT © | And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? |
MSG © | If you're a crook in small things, you'll be a crook in big things. |
BBE © | If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth? |
NRSV © | If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? |
NKJV © | "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? |
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NET © | If then you haven’t been trustworthy 1 in handling worldly wealth, 2 who will entrust you with the true riches? 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “faithful.” 2 tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9. 3 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. |