Luke 16:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε, τὸ ἀληθινὸν τίς ὑμῖν πιστεύσει;

Transliteration

If oun in the adikō mamōna pistoi not egenesthe, the alēthinon who to you pisteusei?

Grammar Details

*oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
*adikō*: dative singular masculine adjective - unrighteous/unjust
*mamōna*: dative singular masculine - wealth/money
*pistoi*: nominative plural masculine adjective - faithful/trustworthy
*egenesthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd plural - you became/were
*alēthinon*: accusative singular neuter adjective - true/genuine
*pisteusei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will entrust

Word Meanings

*adikō*: unrighteous/unjust/dishonest
*mamōna*: mammon/wealth/money/riches
*pistoi*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable
*egenesthe*: you became/you were/you proved to be
*alēthinon*: true/genuine/real [wealth]
*pisteusei*: will entrust/will commit/will believe

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 8:18-19 : 18 Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
Luke 16:9 : 9 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.
Luke 18:22 : 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

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