Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
12If you have not been faithful in using other people's property, who will give you money of your own?
14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
Cross References
Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, 1 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'”
Luke 9:50“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Romans 6:16Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves is the one to which you are obedient, the one you must obey? This is true whether you are slaves to sin which leads to death, or slaves to obedience which leads to righteousness.
James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility against God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19
The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →