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Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
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So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?
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And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
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No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't be slaves to both God and money."
Kingdom Values
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.
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And He told them: "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.
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"The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is strongly urged to enter it.
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.
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"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 "There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.
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But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.