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Luke 16:13 KJV
Luke · chapter 16 · verse 13 · King 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.Luke 16:13 · King James Version
Luke 16:13 in context
11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
13No 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.
14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- servantoiketēsone who lives in the same house as another, spoken of all who are under the authority of…G3610 →
- masterskyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- despisekataphroneōto contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing ofG2706 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- servedouleuōto be a slave, serve, do service, of a nation in subjection to other nations, metaph. to…G1398 →
- hatemiseōto hate, pursue with hatred, detest, to be hated, detestedG3404 →
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