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Luke 16:9

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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.

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Luke 16:9 in other translations

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

Luke 16:9 · World English Bible

Luke 16:9 in context

  1. 7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.
  2. 8And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
  3. 9And 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.
  4. 10He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.
  5. 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?