Luke 16:12-14
Easy-to-Read Version
12 And if you cannot be trusted with the things that belong to someone else, you will not be given anything of your own.
13 “You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one master and love the other. Or you will be loyal to one and not care about the other. You cannot serve God and Money[a] at the same time.”
God’s Law Cannot Be Changed(A)
14 The Pharisees were listening to all these things. They criticized Jesus because they all loved money.
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- Luke 16:13 Money Or “ mamona,” an Aramaic word meaning “wealth.”
Luke 16:12-14
New International Version
12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
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.”(A)
14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(B) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(C)
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