Luke 16:10-16

10 "¹He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous ²wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

12 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

13 "³No 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 ⁴wealth."

14 Now the Pharisees, who were ⁵lovers of money, were listening to all these things and ⁶were scoffing at Him.

15 And He said to them, "You are those who ⁷justify yourselves in the sight of men, but ⁸God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

16 "⁹The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time ¹⁰the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 25:21, 23
• 2. Luke 16:9
• 3. Matthew 6:24
• 4. Luke 16:9
• 5. 2 Timothy 3:2
• 6. Luke 23:35
• 7. Luke 10:29; Luke 18:9, 14
• 8. 1 Samuel 16:7; Proverbs 21:2; Acts 1:24; Romans 8:27
• 9. Matthew 11:12
• 10. Matthew 4:23

Footnotes

• [a]. Gr "mamonas," for Aram "mamon" (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
• [b]. Or "house-servant"
• [c]. Gr "mamonas," for Aram "mamon" (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
• [d]. Lit "before"
• [e]. Lit "before"
• [f]. Lit "is preached"