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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,
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and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came [and] licked his sores.
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Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to {Abraham's side}. And the rich man also died and was buried.
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And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}.