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Andκαὶifεἰyou have notοὐκbeenἐγένεσθεfaithfulπιστοὶwithἐνwhat belongs to another,τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳwhoτίςwill giveδώσειyouὑμῖνwhat is your own?τὸ ὑμέτερον
Luke 16:12
Study it in the app“And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?”
Whoever is faithful in little is faithful in muchGenerosity and Money
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:12, word by word
- beenἐγένεσθεegenesthe
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenesthe” appears- faithfulπιστοὶpistoi
faithful
Someone you can rely on.
Where else “pistoi” appears- what belongs to anotherἀλλοτρίῳallotriōi
another's
What is someone else's.
Where else “allotriōi” appears- will giveδώσειdōsei
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōsei” appears- what is your ownὑμέτερονhymeteron
your, yours
Your, yours (of several people).
Where else “hymeteron” appears
The context
11If then you have not been faithful with the unjust wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
12 · This verse (above)
13No household servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?