Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one… When a statute was made in Queen Elizabeth's reign that all should come to church, the Papists sent to Rome to know the Pope's pleasure; he returned them this answer, it is said: "Bid the Catholics in England give me their hearts, and let the Queen take the rest." (Gurnall.) Parallel Verses KJV: No man 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. |
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