Luke 16:9

New Living Translation

Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.

Cross References

Psalm 73:26

My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

Proverbs 14:24

Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only foolishness.

Proverbs 19:17

If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!

Proverbs 23:5

In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made.

Daniel 4:27

“‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’

Matthew 19:21

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.

Luke 11:41

So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.

Luke 12:33

“Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

Luke 14:14

Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

Luke 16:11

And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?

Luke 16:13

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Luke 16:4

Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’

Acts 10:31

He told me, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by God!

Acts 10:4

Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering!

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

Jude 1:21

and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.