Luke 16:13-15 NIV

¹³"No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."

¹⁴The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. ¹⁵He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.

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Luke 16:13-15 AMP

¹³No servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or ^[a]anything in which you trust and on which you rely).

¹⁴Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.

¹⁵But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God. [I Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.]

Footnotes:

Luke 16:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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Luke 16:13-15 KJV

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   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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Luke 16:13-15 NASB

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."

¹⁴Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

¹⁵And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

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Luke 16:13-15 NLT

¹³ “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 both God and money.”

¹⁴ The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him. ¹⁵ Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

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Luke 16:13-15 MSG

God Sees Behind Appearances

   ^{10 -13}Jesus went on to make these comments:

   If you're honest in small things,
      you'll be honest in big things;
   If you're a crook in small things,
      you'll be a crook in big things.
   If you're not honest in small jobs,
      who will put you in charge of the store?
   No worker can serve two bosses:
      He'll either hate the first and love the second
   Or adore the first and despise the second.
      You can't serve both God and the Bank.

   ^{14 -18}When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance.

   What society sees and calls monumental,
      God sees through and calls monstrous.
   God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John;
   Now it's all kingdom of God—the glad news
      and compelling invitation to every man and woman.
   The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve
      before a single letter of God's Law wears out.
   Using the legalities of divorce
      as a cover for lust is adultery;
   Using the legalities of marriage
      as a cover for lust is adultery.

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