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Luke 16:11 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Luke 16:11Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 16:1114 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
ἀδίκῳadikō
unrighteousadjectiveG94
μαμωνᾷmamōna
wealthnounG3126
πιστοὶpistoi
faithfuladjectiveG4103
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐγένεσθεegenesthe
you have beenverbG1096
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἀληθινὸνalēthinon
true richesadjectiveG228
τίςtis
whopronounG5100
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
πιστεύσειpisteusei
will entrust?verbG4100
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Luke 16:11

The steward whom his Lord cast out of his stewardship is nevertheless commended because he provided himself against the future. As it follows, And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; we ought not however to take the whole for our imitation. For we should never act deceitfully against our Lord in order that from the fraud itself we may give alms.

Augustine · 4th century

But because the Gentiles say that wisdom is a virtue, and define it to be the experience of what is good, evil, and indifferent, or the knowledge of what is and what is not to be done, we must consider whether this word signifies many things, or one. For it is said that God by wisdom prepared the heavens. Now it is plain that wisdom is good, because the Lord by wisdom prepared the heavens. It is said also in Genesis, according to the LXX, that the serpent was the wisest…

Origen · 3rd century

The children of light and the children of this world are spoken of in the same manner as the children of the kingdom, and the children of hell. For whatever works a man does, he is also termed their sun.

Bede · 8th century
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