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33 (A)Sell your possessions, and (B)give to the needy. (C)Provide yourselves with money bags that do not grow old, with (D)a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(A) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(B) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(C)

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And I tell you, (A)make friends for yourselves by means of (B)unrighteous wealth,[a] so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:9 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions; also verse 11; rendered money in verse 13

I tell you, use worldly wealth(A) to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.(B)

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27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by (A)practicing righteousness, (B)and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, (C)that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

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27 Therefore, Your Majesty, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed.(A) It may be that then your prosperity(B) will continue.(C)

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