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Matthew 6:24

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24“aNo one can 1serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot 2serve God and 3bwealth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or be a slave to
  2. 2Or be a slave to
  3. 3Gr mamonas, from Aram mamon (mammon); wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship

Cross references

  1. a1 Kin 18:21; Luke 16:13; Gal 1:10; James 4:4
  2. bLuke 16:9, 11, 13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“No one 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 one 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 one 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 despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.

KJV 1900King James Version

No man 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.