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Luke 16:9

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9And I tell you, omake friends for yourselves by means of punrighteous wealth,4 so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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Footnotes

  1. 4Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions; also verse 11; rendered money in verse 13

Cross references

  1. o[ch. 12:33; Matt. 6:20; 19:21; 1 Tim. 6:10, 17–19]
  2. pver. 11, 13; Matt. 6:24

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

NLTNew Living Translation

Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it runs out they will welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.