Luke 16:12

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
if	εἰ ei	G1487	if · conditional particle
ye have	ἐγένεσθε, egenesthe	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 2nd person plural
not	οὐκ ouk	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
been	γίνομαι gínomai	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate)
faithful	πιστοὶ pistoi	G4103	objectively · adjective — nominative plural masculine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
that which	τῷ tō	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — dative singular neuter
is another man’s	ἀλλοτρίῳ allotriō	G245	another's · adjective — dative singular neuter
who	τίς tis	G5101	an interrogative pronoun · interrogative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
shall give	δώσει;¶ dōsei	G1325	to give (used in a very wide application · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular
you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you
that which	τὸ to	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — accusative singular neuter
is your own	ὑμέτερος hyméteros	G5212	yours

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Luke 19:13-26 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be th…
Matthew 25:14-29 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
1 Chronicles 29:14-16 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine…
1 Peter 1:4-5 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Ezekiel 16:16-21 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things sh…
Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
Luke 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:1-18

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 divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who stand in need of any thing that either we have or can do for them. This our Saviour is here pressing us to, by reminding us that we are but stewards of the manifold grace of God; and since we have in divers instances been unfaithful, and have forfeited the favour of our Lord, it is our wisdom to th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:12

another man's . . . your own--an important turn to the subject. Here all we have is on trust as stewards, who have an account to render. Hereafter, what the faithful have will be their own property, being no longer on probation, but in secure, undisturbed, rightful, everlasting possession and enjoyment of all that is graciously bestowed on us. Thus money is neither to be idolized nor despised: we must sit loose to it and use it for God's glory.

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:12

That which is another man's - Or rather another's, τῳ αλλοτριω. That is, worldly riches, called another's: 1. Because they belong to God, and he has not designed that they should be any man's portion. 2. Because they are continually changing their possessors, being in the way of commerce, and in providence going from one to another. This property of worldly goods is often referred to by both sacred and profane writers. See a fine passage in Horace, Sat. l. ii. s. 2. v. 129. Nam propriae telluris herum natura neque illum, Nec me, nec quemquam statuit Nature will no perpetual heir assign, Nor make the farm his property, or mine. Francis And the following in one of our own poets: - "Who steal…

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John Gill on Luke 16:12

The Church Fathers

Riches are foreign to us, because they are something beyond nature, they are not born with us, and they do not pass away with us. But Christ is ours, because He is the life of man. Lastly, He came unto His own.
— Ambrose of Milan ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Accordingly, this will throw light upon the sense in which it was said, "If ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? " "In the unrighteous mammon," that is to say, in unrighteous riches, not in the Creator; for even Marcion allows Him to be righteous: "And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give to you that which is mine? " For whatever is unrighteous ought to be foreign to the servants of God.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV

If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is your own? It has been previously explained that unrighteous mammon signifies the riches of the wicked. Regarding which, the Savior elsewhere says the deceitfulness of riches chokes the word (Matthew XIII). But true riches, either the very joys of eternal life, of which it is written: What is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints (Ephesians I), or the abundance of spiritual virtues, by which one attains life. Of which Isaiah says: The riches of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord, that is his treasure (Isaiah XXXIII).
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

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Dictionary and topics

Faithfulness · EXHORTATION TO — EXHORTATION TO
Probation · The embezzling steward — The embezzling steward
Servants · Duties of, to masters: To be faithful to them — Duties of, to masters: To be faithful to them
Worldliness · 1:8;2:1-12;6:11,12;8:15-17;10:19;11:9,10; — 1:8;2:1-12;6:11,12;8:15-17;10:19;11:9,10;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Luke 16:12

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:1-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:12

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:12

John Gill on Luke 16:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 16:12

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:1-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 16:12

Adam Clarke on Luke 16:12

John Gill on Luke 16:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 16:1-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 16:9