13 (A)No [a]servant can 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 cannot serve God and [b](B)wealth.”

14 Now the Pharisees, who were (C)lovers of money, were listening to all these things and (D)were [c]ridiculing Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are the ones who (E)justify yourselves in the sight of people, but (F)God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 16:13 Or house servant
  2. Luke 16:13 See note 1 v 9
  3. Luke 16:14 Or sneering at

13 “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.”(A)

14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(B) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(C) 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(D) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(E) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

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