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"And I say to you, 1makefriends for yourselves by means of the 2wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, 3they will receive you into the eternaldwellings.
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"4He who is faithful in a verylittlething is faithfulalso in much; and he who is unrighteous in a verylittlething is unrighteousalso in much.
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"Thereforeif you have not beenfaithful in the use of unrighteous5wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
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"And if you have not beenfaithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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"6Noservantcanservetwomasters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, orelse he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot*serveGod and 7wealth."
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Now the Pharisees, who were 8lovers of money, were listening to allthesethings and 9were scoffing at Him.
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And He said to them, "You are those who 10justifyyourselves in the sight of men, but 11Godknows your hearts; for that which is highlyesteemedamongmen is detestable in the sight of God.
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"12The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed untilJohn; since that time13the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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"14But it is easier for heaven and earth to passawaythan for onestroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
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"15Everyone who divorces his wife and marriesanothercommitsadultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husbandcommitsadultery.
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19"Now there was a richman, and he habitually dressed in purple and finelinen, joyouslyliving in splendoreveryday.