- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 16
- Verse 11
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
My Notes
Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
If therefore ye have not been faithful,.... This is the application of the above proverbial expressions, and seems to be directed to the disciples of Christ, though not without a view to the covetous…
Barnes' Notes
Who will commit ... - If you are not faithful in the small matters pertaining to this world, if you do not use aright your property and influence, you cannot expect that God will commit to you the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
the true riches Literally, "that which is true,"i.e. real and not evanescent. Earthly riches are neither true, nor ours.
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