Luke 16:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If you can't be trusted with someone else's wealth, who will give you your own?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

ASV:

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

BBE:

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

DBY:

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

ERV:

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

WEY:

And if you have not been faithful in dealing with that which is not your own, who will give you that which is your own?

WBS:

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you that which is your own?

WEB:

If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

YLT:

and if in the other's ye became not faithful -- your own, who shall give to you?

Luke 16:12 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 16:11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to 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 be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is {f} another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
(f) In worldly goods, which are called other men's because they are not ours, but rather entrusted to our care.

PNT:

16:12 Another man's. That which belongs to God. All who have property should understand that it is another's.
Your own. The true riches, because they become a part of our being, the inalienable possession of the redeemed.

WES:

16:12 If ye have not been faithful in that which was another's - None of these temporal things are yours: you are only stewards of them, not proprietors: God is the proprietor of all; he lodges them in your hands for a season: but still they are his property. Rich men, understand and consider this. If your steward uses any part of your estate (so called in the language of men) any farther or any otherwise than you direct, he is a knave: he has neither conscience nor honour. Neither have you either one or the other, if you use any part of that estate, which is in truth God's, not yours, any otherwise than he directs. That which is your own - Heaven, which when you have it, will be your own for ever.

MHC:

16:1-12 Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour. This steward wasted his lord's goods. And we are all liable to the same charge; we have not made due improvement of what God has trusted us with. The steward cannot deny it; he must make up his accounts, and be gone. This may teach us that death will come, and deprive us of the opportunities we now have. The steward will make friends of his lord's debtors or tenants, by striking off a considerable part of their debt to his lord. The lord referred to in this parable commended not the fraud, but the policy of the steward. In that respect alone is it so noticed. Worldly men, in the choice of their object, are foolish; but in their activity, and perseverance, they are often wiser than believers. The unjust steward is not set before us as an example in cheating his master, or to justify any dishonesty, but to point out the careful ways of worldly men. It would be well if the children of light would learn wisdom from the men of the world, and would as earnestly pursue their better object. The true riches signify spiritual blessings; and if a man spends upon himself, or hoards up what God has trusted to him, as to outward things, what evidence can he have, that he is an heir of God through Christ? The riches of this world are deceitful and uncertain. Let us be convinced that those are truly rich, and very rich, who are rich in faith, and rich toward God, rich in Christ, in the promises; let us then lay up our treasure in heaven, and expect our portion from thence.

CONC:

Another's Care Dealing Else's Faithful Man's Other's Property Someone Trustworthy Yours

Another's Care Dealing Else's Faithful Other's Property Someone Trustworthy Use True.

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