My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Luke 16:9 - Y'all Version Bible I am telling y’all, y’all must make friends for yourselves* by using unrighteous wealth so that when it runs out, y’all will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings). American Standard Version (1901) And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. Common English Bible I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it’s gone, you will be welcomed into the eternal homes. Catholic Public Domain Version And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity; that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. |
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Send your grain over the waters, for you will find it after many days.
For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
“Y’all should not store up for yourselves* treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
“No one can serve two masters, for a person will hate the one and love the other, or else be devoted to one and despise the other. Y’all can’t serve both God and Mammon.
But as for what is inside, y’all should give to those in need, and then everything will be clean to y’all.
Y’all must sell your possessions and give to the poor. Y’all must make purses for yourselves that won’t wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
and you will be blessed. Because they can’t repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
So if y’all haven’t been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will trust y’all with true riches?
No servant can serve two masters. A person will hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. Y’all can’t serve both God and wealth.”
I know what I will do so that when I am removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charitable deeds have been remembered in the sight of God.
Staring at him in fear, he said, “What is it, Lord?” The angel told him, “Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God.
For our momentary, lightweight oppression is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.
Keep yourselves* in God’s love, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.