What is the meaning of this verse: "And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings"?
What is meant by this verse?
Luke 16:9
ESV - 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
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Ken Brown
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Billy P Eldred
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I have never been taught the gist of this verse, but to me, the key to this verse is the last verse Jesus used in this lesson. Luke 16:13 NIV [13] “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” I think what Jesus was teaching here is to be careful not to put your trust in "money." A paraphrase for me would be, "Go ahead and spend all your money so that when it is gone, you might open up and seek the true 'way' to heaven. The friends you make spending your money will do you no good in getting you there! When He said so that "your friends will welcome you to eternal dwellings" I think He was implying "as if they could"! It was basically the same lesson taught when he told the rich young man who wanted to know how to get eternal life, "Go give all your wealth to the poor, then come follow Me!"
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