Treasury of Scripture Knowledge No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. servant. Luke 9:50 And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you. Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Joshua 24:15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord, Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve. Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Romans 6:16-22 Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice. . . . Romans 8:5-8 For they that are according to the flesh mind the things that are of the flesh: but they that are according to the spirit mind the things that are of the spirit. . . . James 4:4 Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world becometh an enemy of God. 1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. . . . hate. Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Context The Parable of the Shrewd Manager…12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 14Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.… Cross References Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:9 And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. Luke 16:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? Lexicon NoΟὐδεὶς (Oudeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3762: No one, none, nothing. servant οἰκέτης (oiketēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3610: A household servant. From oikeo; a fellow resident, i.e. Menial domestic. can δύναται (dynatai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible. serve δουλεύειν (douleuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's Greek 1398: To be a slave, be subject to, obey, be devoted. From doulos; to be a slave to. two δυσὶ (dysi) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'. masters. κυρίοις (kyriois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Either ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. he will hate μισήσει (misēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 3404: To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. one ἕνα (hena) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. love ἀγαπήσει (agapēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. other, ἕτερον (heteron) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. he will be devoted to ἀνθέξεται (anthexetai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 472: From anti and the middle voice of echo; to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. adhere to; by extension to care for. [the] one ἑνὸς (henos) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. despise καταφρονήσει (kataphronēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 2706: To despise, scorn, and show it by active insult, disregard. From kata and phroneo; to think against, i.e. Disesteem. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. other. ἑτέρου (heterou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2087: (a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor. Of uncertain affinity; other or different. You cannot δύνασθε (dynasthe) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's Greek 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible. serve δουλεύειν (douleuein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's Greek 1398: To be a slave, be subject to, obey, be devoted. From doulos; to be a slave to. [both] God Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. money.” μαμωνᾷ (mamōna) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3126: (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, property. Of Chaldee origin; mammonas, i.e. Avarice. Additional Translations 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.” No servant is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and he will love the other, or he will be devoted to one and he will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon." 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. You cannot serve God and mammon. 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. 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. 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. 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. "No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold." 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." 'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.' 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