And if you have not been trustworthy with what belongs to someone else, who will give you something of your own?
But only one thing is [really] needful. For Mary has made the better choice, which will not be taken away from her.”
If therefore you have not been trustworthy in worldly wealth, who will put you in charge of the true [spiritual] riches?
No person can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or else he will cling to the one [i.e., as a close friend] and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and material things [at the same time].”