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Berean Standard Bible

“I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.”

Luke 16:9

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Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd manager, who prepares for his future by reducing debts owed to his master.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

World English Bible (WEB)

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when you may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y yo os digo: Haceos amigos de las riquezas de maldad, para que cuando faltareis, os reciban en las moradas eternas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Por eso yo les aconsejo que usen las riquezas de este mundo para ganar amigos y así, cuando esas riquezas se les acaben a ustedes, los reciban en las viviendas eternas.

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