Luke 16:4

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

I know what I will do, so when I am fired they [i.e., his master’s customers] will welcome me into their homes.’

Cross References

Luke 16:3

Then the property manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do since my master is taking away my job? I am not strong enough to dig [i.e., as a farm laborer], and I am too ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:5

So, he called on each one of his master’s customers and said to the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luke 16:9

Therefore, I tell you, make friends for yourselves by using worldly wealth, so that when it fails [i.e., when you run out of money] they [i.e., the friends you made with its wise and benevolent use] may welcome you into the eternal [i.e., heavenly] dwelling places. [Note: The idea here seems to be that by your shrewd use of material possessions for the benefit of others, you are actually storing up treasures for yourself in heaven].

James 3:15

This “wisdom” is not the kind that comes from [God] above, but is earthly, unspiritual and demonic [i.e., it is motivated by an evil spirit and not the Holy Spirit].