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Luke 16:12-14
Revised Standard Version
Luke 16:12-14
Revised Standard Version
12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”[a]
The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
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- Luke 16:13 Mammon is a Semitic word for money or riches
Luke 16:12-14
New International Version
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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