Luke 16:13

Good News Translation

“No servant can be the slave of two masters; such a slave will hate one and love the other or will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Cross References

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus answered, “Go away, Satan! The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!’”

Matthew 6:24

“You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 11:23

“Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.

Luke 14:26

“Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.

Luke 16:12

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

Luke 16:9

And Jesus went on to say, “And so I tell you: make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth, so that when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home.

Luke 9:50

“Do not try to stop him,” Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

James 4:4

Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.

Joshua 24:15

If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve the Lord.”