# Luke 16.11-12

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">He 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.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?</span>**
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> 13. <span class="rl-speech">No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.</span> (Luke 16:9-14, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?</span>**
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> 13. <span class="rl-speech">No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.</span> (Luke 16:9-14, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>mammon: or, riches</sup></span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? <sup>mammon: or, riches</sup></span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?</span>**
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> 13. <span class="rl-speech">No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.</span> (Luke 16:9-14, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">'He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful, the true who will entrust to you?</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">and if in the other's ye became not faithful, your own, who shall give to you?</span>**
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> 13. <span class="rl-speech">'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'</span> 14. And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him, (Luke 16:9-14, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 16](/codex/luke-16/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.