Luke 16:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammonc of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. ”

• Luke 16:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I say unto you - I, Jesus, say to you, my disciples. Make to yourselves friends - Some have understood the word “friends,” here, as referring to the poor; others, to holy angels; and others,...

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• Luke 16:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon (c) of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting (d) habitations. (c) This is not spoken of goods that a...

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• Luke 16:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Parable of the Unjust Steward (Lk. only). It has been suggested that a better title would be The Shrewd Agent. At any rate the epithet unrighteous has as much reference (if not more) to Luke 16:1...

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• Luke 16:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  And . And, Do say unto you? &c. Is this what. say to you? In verses: Luke 16:10-12 the Lord gives the reason why He does not say that; otherwise these verses are wholly inconsequent, instead o...

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• Luke 16:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  9. Make to yourselves friends. As in the words which were last considered Christ did not enjoin us to offer sacrifices to God out of the fruits of extortion, so now he does not mean that we...

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• Luke 16:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. The mammon of unrighteousness - Μαμωνα της αδικ...

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• Luke 16:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And I say unto you, &c.— Our Lord's advice is worthy of the most serious attention; the best use that we can make of our riches being to employ them in promoting the salvation of others. For, i...

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• Luke 16:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that,...

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• Luke 16:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Unjust Steward. The Rich Man and Lazarus 1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is intended to il...

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• Luke 16:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And I say unto you. — The pronoun is emphatic, and stands, as in Matthew 5:22 ; Matthew 5:28 ; Matthew 5:32 , in contrast with what had gone before. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of...

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• Luke 16:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Right Use of Money Luke 16:1-13 We are all stewards, but how much we waste! Well might our Master deprive us of our post and trust! The unjust steward used his opportunity of ingratiating h...

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• Luke 16:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whi...

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• Luke 16:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. (2) And he called him, and said unto him, H...

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• Luke 16:9 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  MAKE FRIENDS ‘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.’ Luke 16:9 Our Lord wish...

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• Luke 16:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I say unto you ,.... These are the words of Christ, as are also the latter part of the preceding verse, accommodating and applying the parable to his disciples, and for their instruction: make...

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• Luke 16:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 9. Make unto yourselves friends ] Qui...

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• Luke 16:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the lord Rather, his lord , or master, for it is Jesus, and not the evangelist, who speaks this, as is plain from both the structure of the parable itself, and from the application which Jesus...

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• Luke 16:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS (vs.1-13) Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner,...

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• Luke 16:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Unjust Steward.       1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accu...

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• Luke 16:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; That by mammon here is meant riches is universally agreed, but whether it originally be a Chaldaic, or Syriac, or Punic word is not so well agreed. The Chaldee paraphrast useth it, Hosea...

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• Luke 16:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Parable of The Astute Steward (16:1-13). Jesus now tells a parable about an astute but careless estate manager who is failing to do his job properly. It is reported that he is ‘wasting' his lo...

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• Luke 16:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 16:1 . And He said also .—This implies that there is a certain, though perhaps not very close, connection between the discourse in this chapter and that which precedes it. Th...

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• Luke 16:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 16:8-9 The Unjust Steward. I. It is impossible to read this parable, and our Lord's remark upon it, without being struck by the broad assertion that the children of this world are wiser in t...

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• Luke 16:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 16:1 . A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had wasted his goods. After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's propert...

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• Luke 16:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness The right use of unrighteous mammon By the “mammon of unrighteousness” we are very clearly to understand money; but why it has been s...

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• Luke 16:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 16:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two parables of the unjust steward, a...

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• Luke 16:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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.

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• Luke 16:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:17-19 ; 1 Timothy 6:18 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 ; 2 Timothy 1:16-1...

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• Luke 16:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And I say to you — Be good stewards even of the lowest talents wherewith God hath intrusted you. Mammon means riches or money. It is termed the mammon of unrighteousness, because of the manner wher...

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