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“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.
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Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
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Jesus at the Temple
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
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The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
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But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
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“This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
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The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,
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So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
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These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
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On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,
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The Widow’s Offering
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.
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It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.
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They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
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Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”
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“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
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Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.
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“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
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“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.”
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
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So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
