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THE MESSAGE
Luke 16:11
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Christian Standard Bible®
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?
So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?
King James Version (1611)
If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
King James Version
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
English Standard Version
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true wealth to you?
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true wealth to you?
New Century Version
If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?
If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?
Amplified Bible
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of earthly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of earthly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
Berean Standard Bible
If, then, you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
If, then, you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
Contemporary English Version
If you cannot be trusted with this wicked wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
If you cannot be trusted with this wicked wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
Complete Jewish Bible
So if you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who is going to trust you with the real thing?
So if you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who is going to trust you with the real thing?
Darby Translation
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
Easy-to-Read Version
If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, you will not be trusted with the true riches.
If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, you will not be trusted with the true riches.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?
If then ye haue not ben faithful in the wicked riches, who wil trust you in the true treasure?
George Lamsa Translation
If therefore, you are not faithful with the wealth of iniquity, who will believe that there is any truth in you?
If therefore, you are not faithful with the wealth of iniquity, who will believe that there is any truth in you?
Good News Translation
If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth?
If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth?
Lexham English Bible
If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
Literal Translation
Then if you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true to you?
Then if you were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true to you?
American Standard Version
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Bible in Basic English
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?
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?
Hebrew Names Version
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
International Standard Version
So if you have not been faithful with unrighteous riches,mammon, an Aram. term meaning wealth">[fn] who will trust you with true wealth?with the true">[fn]
So if you have not been faithful with unrighteous riches,mammon, an Aram. term meaning wealth">[fn] who will trust you with true wealth?with the true">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
If, therefore, in the wealth of unrighteousness you have not been faithful, the truth to you who will confide ?
If, therefore, in the wealth of unrighteousness you have not been faithful, the truth to you who will confide ?
Murdock Translation
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure?
So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure?
English Revised Version
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
World English Bible
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust you with the true riches?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust you with the true riches?
Weymouth's New Testament
If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?
If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor if ye weren not trewe in the wickid thing of ritchesse, who schal bitake to you that that is verry?
Therfor if ye weren not trewe in the wickid thing of ritchesse, who schal bitake to you that that is verry?
Update Bible Version
If therefore you haven't been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
If therefore you haven't been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
Webster's Bible Translation
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
New English Translation
If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
New King James Version
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
New Living Translation
And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?
And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?
New Life Bible
If you have not been faithful with riches of this world, who will trust you with true riches?
If you have not been faithful with riches of this world, who will trust you with true riches?
New Revised Standard
If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust?
If therefore, in the unjust Riches ye proved unfaithful, the true, who, unto you, will entrust?
Douay-Rheims Bible
If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?
If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?
Revised Standard Version
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in ye wicked mamon? who will beleve you in that which is true?
So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in ye wicked mamon? who will beleve you in that which is true?
Young's Literal Translation
if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true who will entrust to you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf ye then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who wyll beleue you in that which is true?
Yf ye then haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who wyll beleue you in that which is true?
Mace New Testament (1729)
if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?
if therefore your fidelity has not appear'd in the use of these transitory enjoyments, how can you be trusted with what is more lasting?
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you are untrustworthy with things of this world, do you think God is going to trust you with the secrets of heaven?
If you are untrustworthy with things of this world, do you think God is going to trust you with the secrets of heaven?
Contextual Overview
1Jesus said to his disciples, "There was once a rich man who had a manager. He got reports that the manager had been taking advantage of his position by running up huge personal expenses. So he called him in and said, ‘What's this I hear about you? You're fired. And I want a complete audit of your books.' 3"The manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do? I've lost my job as manager. I'm not strong enough for a laboring job, and I'm too proud to beg.... Ah, I've got a plan. Here's what I'll do... then when I'm turned out into the street, people will take me into their houses.' 5 "Then he went at it. One after another, he called in the people who were in debt to his master. He said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?' 6 "He replied, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.' "The manager said, ‘Here, take your bill, sit down here—quick now—write fifty.' 7 "To the next he said, ‘And you, what do you owe?' "He answered, ‘A hundred sacks of wheat.' "He said, ‘Take your bill, write in eighty.' 8"Now here's a surprise: The master praised the crooked manager! And why? Because he knew how to look after himself. Streetwise people are smarter in this regard than law-abiding citizens. They are on constant alert, looking for angles, surviving by their wits. I want you to be smart in the same way—but for what is right—using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior." 10Jesus went on to make these comments: If you're honest in small things, you'll be honest in big things; If you're a crook in small things, you'll be a crook in big things. If you're not honest in small jobs, who will put you in charge of the store? No worker can serve two bosses: He'll either hate the first and love the second Or adore the first and despise the second. You can't serve both God and the Bank. 14When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it's all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God's Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
in: Luke 16:9
true: Luke 12:33, Luke 18:22, Proverbs 8:18, Proverbs 8:19, Ephesians 3:8, James 2:5, Revelation 3:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:10 - General 2 Kings 12:15 - for they dealt Matthew 6:24 - mammon Luke 12:21 - rich Luke 16:10 - faithful in 2 Corinthians 6:10 - and 2 Corinthians 8:9 - that ye Colossians 3:2 - not 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - to be 2 Timothy 1:14 - good 2 Peter 2:16 - the madness
Cross-References
Genesis 17:19
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
But God said, "That's not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I'll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.
Exodus 3:7
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 3:9
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."
1 Samuel 1:20
Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him."
Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him."
Luke 1:13
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.
But the angel reassured him, "Don't fear, Zachariah. Your prayer has been heard. Elizabeth, your wife, will bear a son by you. You are to name him John. You're going to leap like a gazelle for joy, and not only you—many will delight in his birth. He'll achieve great stature with God. "He'll drink neither wine nor beer. He'll be filled with the Holy Spirit from the moment he leaves his mother's womb. He will turn many sons and daughters of Israel back to their God. He will herald God's arrival in the style and strength of Elijah, soften the hearts of parents to children, and kindle devout understanding among hardened skeptics—he'll get the people ready for God." Zachariah said to the angel, "Do you expect me to believe this? I'm an old man and my wife is an old woman." But the angel said, "I am Gabriel, the sentinel of God, sent especially to bring you this glad news. But because you won't believe me, you'll be unable to say a word until the day of your son's birth. Every word I've spoken to you will come true on time—God's time." Meanwhile, the congregation waiting for Zachariah was getting restless, wondering what was keeping him so long in the sanctuary. When he came out and couldn't speak, they knew he had seen a vision. He continued speechless and had to use sign language with the people. When the course of his priestly assignment was completed, he went back home. It wasn't long before his wife, Elizabeth, conceived. She went off by herself for five months, relishing her pregnancy. "So, this is how God acts to remedy my unfortunate condition!" she said. In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin's name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: Good morning! You're beautiful with God's beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you. She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the angel assured her, "Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus. He will be great, be called ‘Son of the Highest.' The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David; He will rule Jacob's house forever— no end, ever, to his kingdom." Mary said to the angel, "But how? I've never slept with a man." The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God. "And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with God." And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. Mary didn't waste a minute. She got up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah's house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly, You're so blessed among women, and the babe in your womb, also blessed! And why am I so blessed that the mother of my Lord visits me? The moment the sound of your greeting entered my ears, The babe in my womb skipped like a lamb for sheer joy. Blessed woman, who believed what God said, believed every word would come true! And Mary said, I'm bursting with God-news; I'm dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I'm the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It's exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to her own home. When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." "But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this." Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, "Prophet of the Highest," will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. The child grew up, healthy and spirited. He lived out in the desert until the day he made his prophetic debut in Israel.
Luke 1:63
Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If therefore ye have not been faithful,.... This is the application of the above proverbial expressions, and seems to be directed to the disciples of Christ, though not without a view to the covetous Scribes and Pharisees, who were in hearing of it, and were disturbed at it, Luke 16:14 and the meaning is, that whereas some of them might have been unfaithful, and have acted the unjust part of gathering of riches, as Matthew, and other publicans, that were now become the followers of Christ; if therefore they should be unfaithful
in the unrighteous mammon; in the disposing of it to improper uses, which was either unrighteously gotten, and therefore called, as it sometimes was, ממון דרשע, "mammon of ungodliness", or "ungodly mammon" x; or, which was fallacious, deceitful, vain, and transitory:
who will commit to your trust the true riches; or mammon? that is, how should you expect to be intrusted with the riches of grace, as the blessings and promises of the covenant of grace, the graces of the Spirit of God, which truly enrich persons, and are solid and durable? or the riches of glory, the better and more enduring substance in heaven, signified by a kingdom, and an inheritance that fadeth not away? so the Jews call the good things of another world, and say y, that
"all the good things of this world are not טובות אמתיות, "true good things", in comparison of the good things of the world to come.''
And they use the same distinction with respect to "mammon", as here:
"the holy, blessed God, they say z, gives him, של אמת
ממון, "mammon of truth", or true mammon; and he makes it שקר, "false", or deceitful:''
or rather the rich treasure of the Gospel is meant, called a treasure in earthen vessels, and the unsearchable riches of Christ; and is comparable to, and of more worth than gold, silver, and precious stones. And so the Syriac version renders it, "who will trust you with the truth?" with the truth of the Gospel.
x Targum in Hab. ii. 9. y Tzeror Hammor, fol. 23. 2. z Shemot Rabba, sect. 31. fol. 134. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who will commit ... - If you are not faithful in the small matters pertaining to this world, if you do not use aright your property and influence, you cannot expect that God will commit to you the true riches of his grace. Men who are dishonest and worldly, and who do not employ the deceitful mammon as they ought, cannot expect to grow in grace. God does not confer grace upon them, and their being unfaithful in earthly matters is evidence that they “would be” also in much greater affairs, and would likewise “misimprove” the true riches.
True riches - The graces of the gospel; the influences of the Spirit; eternal life, or religion. The riches of this world are false, deceitful, not to be trusted Luke 16:9; the treasures of heaven are “true,” faithful, never-failing, Matthew 6:19-20.
