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11 If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?
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So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
12 And if you cannot be trusted with things that belong to someone else, who will give you things of your own?
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And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
13 "No servant can serve two masters. The servant will hate one master and love the other, or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches."
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“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, were listening to all these things and made fun of Jesus.
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
15 He said to them, "You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God's sight.
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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.
16 "The law of Moses and the writings of the prophets were preached until Johnn came. Since then the Good News about the kingdom of God is being told, and everyone tries to enter it by force.
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“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 would be easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a letter in the law to be changed.
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It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 "If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery."
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“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day.
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“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.
20 And a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores, was laid at the rich man's gate.
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At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
21 He wanted to eat only the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man's table. And the dogs would come and lick his sores.
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and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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