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"The one who [is] faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and the one who [is] dishonest in very little is also dishonest in much.
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If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]?
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And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?
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No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."
Hypocrisy, Law, and the Kingdom of God
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.
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And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] exalted among men [is] an abomination in the sight of God.
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"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.
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But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.
On Divorce
18 "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from [her] husband commits adultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 "Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.
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And a certain poor man {named} Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate,