King James Version
Luke 16:11 in the King James Version says “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? mammon:...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? mammon: or, riches”
Luke 16:11 · KJV
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. mammon: or, riches
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? mammon: or, riches
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the unrighteous”
G94unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen
“been”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“trust”
G4100to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to ch
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