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13 No household-servant can be serving[a] two masters. For either he will hate[b] the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and disregard the other. You cannot be serving God and wealth[c]”.

Jesus Rebukes The Pharisees: The Thing You Highly Value Is Worthless To God

14 Now the Pharisees, being money-lovers, were listening-to all these things, and they were sneering-at[d] Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are the ones declaring yourselves righteous in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts— because the highly-valued thing among people is an abomination[e] in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:13 That is, be serving-as-slave to.
  2. Luke 16:13 hate... disregard. See Mt 6:24.
  3. Luke 16:13 Or, property, money.
  4. Luke 16:14 The idea of spending now to build up treasures then always seems foolish to those outside God’s family.
  5. Luke 16:15 Or, detestable.

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