Luke 16:13

Money and wealth Serving others Faithfulness and loyalty Contentment

¹¹ So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

¹² And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

¹⁴ The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

¹⁵ So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
KJV: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
WEB: No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
ASV: No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
DARBY: No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
BLB: No servant is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and he will love the other, or he will hold to the one and he will despise the other. You⁺ are not able to serve God and mammon.”

ÅB: Ingen tjener kan tjene to herrer; for han vil enten hate den ene og elske den andre, eller holde seg til den ene og forakte den andre; dere kan ikke tjene Gud og mammon.
OTB: Ingen tjener kan tjene to herrer; for enten vil han hate den ene og elske den andre, eller han vil være hengiven til den ene og forakte den andre. Dere kan ikke tjene både Gud og penger.
B1930: Ingen tjener kan tjene to herrer; for han vil enten hate den ene og elske den andre, eller holde sig til den ene og forakte den andre; I kan ikke tjene Gud og mammon.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
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James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
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Romans 8:5–8
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
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Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
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Joshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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Luke 11:23
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
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Matthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
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