Luke 16:9

Luke chapter 16 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

Context

v.8And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

v.9This passage

v.10He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jude 1:21

    keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:1

    Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

  • 2 Timothy 1:16

    The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

  • Luke 14:14

    and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.

  • Luke 11:41

    But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

  • Luke 16:13

    No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.