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1No 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 money. ”
The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 2The Pharisees, who were
3lovers of money, heard all these things, and they
4ridiculed him.
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And he said to them, “You are those who
5justify yourselves before men, but
6God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men
7is an abomination in the sight of God.
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8“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then
9the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and
10everyone forces his way into it.
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But
11it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
Divorce and Remarriage
18 12“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in
13purple and fine linen and
14who feasted sumptuously every day.
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And at his gate
15was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
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who desired to be fed with
16what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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The poor man died and was carried by
17the angels
18to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried,
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and in
19Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and
20saw Abraham far off and Lazarus
21at his side.