Luke 16:9

Of the mammon of unrighteousness; by the right use of it, as the original implies. Mammon is a Chaldee word signifying riches. It is here called the mammon of unrighteousness, as being with unrighteous men the great object of pursuit, and too commonly sought, moreover, by unrighteous means.

That when ye fail; are discharged from your stewardship by death.

They may receive you; that is, the friends whom you have made by bestowing your property in deeds of love and mercy. Our Saviour used the words, "they may receive me into their houses." They do not receive us by any right or authority of their own, for this belongs to Christ alone; but they welcome us to heaven and bear witness to our deeds of mercy, as being the evidence and fruit of that "faith which worketh by love." Compare the remarkable passage in Matthew 25:34-46.