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Matthew 6:24
Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 6:24
Christian Standard Bible
24 “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. (A)
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Matthew 6:24
New English Translation
Matthew 6:24
New English Translation
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate[a] the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise[b] the other. You cannot serve God and money.[c]
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- Matthew 6:24 sn The contrast between hate and love here is rhetorical. The point is that one will choose the favorite if a choice has to be made.
- Matthew 6:24 tn Or “and treat [the other] with contempt.”
- Matthew 6:24 tn Grk “God and mammon.”sn The term money is used to translate mammon, the Aramaic term for wealth or possessions. The point is not that money is inherently evil, but that it is often misused so that it is a means of evil; see 1 Tim 6:6-10, 17-19. Here “money” is personified as a potential master and thus competes with God for the loyalty of the disciple. The passage is ultimately not a condemnation of wealth (there is no call here for absolute poverty) but a call for unqualified discipleship. God must be first, not money or possessions.
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