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Luke 16:13

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13“aNo 1servant can 2serve 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 3serve God and 4bwealth.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or house-servant
  2. 2Or be a slave to
  3. 3Or be a slave to
  4. 4Gr mamonas (mammon); wealth personified as an object of worship

Cross references

  1. aMatt 6:24
  2. bLuke 16:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No servant can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.