Luke 16:9 Cross References - WPNT

⁹ “I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings!

¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust ruin and where thieves break in and steal;

²⁴ “No one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

²¹ Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come follow me”.

³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer Him saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ Or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ ⁴⁰ And in answer the King will say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

⁴¹ Nevertheless, give what is possible as alms; then indeed all things are clean to you.

³³ Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.

¹⁴ and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you—you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

¹¹ If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine?

¹³ No servant can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon!”

⁴ Well, staring at him and being frightened he said, “What is it, Lord?” So he said to him: “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.

³¹ and said: ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms are remembered before God.

¹⁷ because our light, momentary affliction is working out for us an eternal and limitless measure of glory,

¹² Because the administration of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God ¹³ —on the basis of the proof that this service gives, they are glorifying God for the obedience of your confession into the Gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your sharing with them and everybody— ¹⁴ and in their prayer for you, longing for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

⁹ But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires, that plunge people into ruin and loss; ¹⁰ because the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; in their greediness some have been led away from the faith and have impaled themselves on many distresses.

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present world not to be haughty, nor to rely upon the uncertainty of riches but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; ¹⁸ they are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous sharers ¹⁹ —storing up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, so that they may lay hold on the eternal life.

¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorous, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; ¹⁷ rather, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me until he found me ¹⁸ (may the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day); you also know very well in how many ways he served me in Ephesus.

²¹ keep yourselves in God’s love, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ into eternal life.