Luke 16:13

13 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."

Luke 16:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two masters
(See Gill on Matthew 6:24).

Luke 16:13 In-Context

11 If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]?
12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?
13 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."
14 Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.
15 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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