Luke 16:15

Integrity Pride Money and wealth

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.

¹⁴ And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

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.

¹⁷ And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

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

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
ASV: And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
DARBY: And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.
BLB: And He said to them, “You⁺ are the ones justifying themselves before men, but God knows your⁺ hearts, because that which [is] high among men [is] an abomination before God.

ÅB: Da sa han til dem: Dere er de som gjør dere selv rettferdige for menneskene; men Gud kjenner deres hjerter; for det som er høyt i menneskers øyne, er en styggedom for Gud.
OTB: Han sa til dem: "Dere er de som rettferdiggjør dere selv i andres øyne, men Gud kjenner deres hjerter; for det som er høyt aktet blant mennesker, er avskyelig i Guds øyne.
B1930: Da sa han til dem: I er de som gjør eder selv rettferdige for menneskene; men Gud kjenner eders hjerter; for det som er høit i menneskers øine, er en vederstyggelighet for Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
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1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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Acts 15:8
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
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1 Peter 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Luke 11:39
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
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