Luke 16:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Luke 16:11 —

Old words in this verse

mammon: — money, wealth.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Proverbs 8:18-19
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. …
Luke 18:22
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Topics

Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Blessing Bondage Bondman Capital and Labor Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-18)

We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ’s doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11-12. unrighteous mammon--To the whole of this He applies the disparaging term “what is least,” in contrast with “the true riches.”