Luke:16:9

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rwp @Luke:16:9 @{By the mammon of unrighteousness } (\ek tou mam “n ƒ t ˆs adikias \). By the use of what is so often evil (money ). In strkjv @Matthew:6:24 | mammon is set over against God as in strkjv @Luke:16:13 | below . Jesus knows the evil power in money , but servants of God have to use it for the kingdom of God . They should use it discreetly and it is proper to make friends by the use of it . {When it shall fail } (\hotan eklip ˆi \). Second aorist active subjunctive with \hotan \, future time . The mammon is sure to fail . {That they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles } (\hina dex “ntai humas eis tas ai “nious sk ˆnas \). This is the purpose of Christ in giving the advice about their making friends by the use of money . The purpose is that those who have been blessed and helped by the money may give a welcome to their benefactors when they reach heaven . There is no thought here of purchasing an entrance into heaven by the use of money . That idea is wholly foreign to the context . These friends will give a hearty welcome when one gives him mammon here . The wise way to lay up treasure in heaven is to use one 's money for God here on earth . That will give a cash account there of joyful welcome , not of purchased entrance .

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