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Luke 16:14

Money and wealthPride

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

13 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.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
KJV
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
WEB
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
ASV
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
DARBY
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
BLB
Now the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were ridiculing Him.
ÅB
Fariseerne, som var pengekjære, hørte på alt dette, og de spottet ham.
OTB
Fariseerne, som var pengekjære, hørte alt dette og hånte ham.
B1930
Fariseerne, som var pengekjære, hørte på alt dette, og de spottet ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 23:35

    And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

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  • Luke 12:15

    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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  • Luke 20:47

    Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

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  • Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

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  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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  • Jeremiah 6:13

    For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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  • Hebrews 11:36

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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