No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Luke 16:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true? 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore if you have not been faithful in the [case of] unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will entrust to you the true riches? American Standard Version (1901) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Common English Bible If you haven’t been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon; who will trust you with that which is the true? English Standard Version 2016 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? |
No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts.
And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.
And when Jesus heard this, he said to him: "One thing is still lacking for you. Sell all the things that you have, and give to the poor. And then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."
Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?
I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see.