Luke 16:13-18

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.”
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Additional Teachings

16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Cross References 9

  • 1. ver 9,11; Matthew 6:24
  • 2. S 1 Timothy 3:3
  • 3. Luke 23:35
  • 4. Luke 10:29
  • 5. 1 Samuel 16:7; S Revelation 2:23
  • 6. Matthew 5:17; Matthew 11:12,13
  • 7. S Matthew 4:23
  • 8. S Matthew 5:18
  • 9. Matthew 5:31,32; Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11; Romans 7:2,3; 1 Corinthians 7:10,11
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