Luke Chapter 16 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 16:12

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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BBE Luke 16:12

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?
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DARBY Luke 16:12

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?
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KJV 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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WBT Luke 16:12


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WEB Luke 16:12

If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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YLT Luke 16:12

and if in the other's ye became not faithful -- your own, who shall give to you?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's. Here we have our earthly possessions plainly spoken of as the goods of another, that is, of God, and of these goods we are but the temporary stewards. Who shall give you that which is your own? We have here a very magnificent promise. Although on earth man can possess nothing of his own - here he is but a steward for a time of property belonging to another - yet a prospect is held out to him that, if he be found faithful in the trust while on earth, in the world to come something will be given to him really and truly his own. There will be no dismissal or death there.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) If ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's . . .--The ruling idea of the verse is clearly that which the parable had enforced, that in relation to all external possessions and advantages we are stewards and not possessors. The Roman poet had seen that to boast of such things was the emptiest of all vanities--"At genus, et proavos, et quae non fecimus ipsi,Vix ea nostra voco."[" Lineage and name, and all that our own powersHave not wrought for us, these I scarce call ours."]That which is your own?--This is obviously identical with the "true riches" of the preceding verse. Wisdom, holiness, peace, these the world has not given, and cannot take away; and even looking to God as the great Giver of these as of other good and perfect gifts, it may be said that they are bestowed by Him as a possession in fee, the reward of the faithful stewardship of all lower gifts and opportunities, so that, though His gift, they become, in very deed, our own.