Verse 24

No man{G3762} can{G1410} serve{G1398} two{G1417} masters;{G2962} for{G1063} either{G2228} he will hate{G3404} the one,{G1520} and{G2532} love{G25} the other;{G2087} or else{G2228} he will hold to{G472} one,{G1520} and{G2532} despise{G2706} the other.{G3756} Ye cannot{G1410} serve{G1398} God{G2316} and{G2532} mammon.{G3126}

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 16:13 : 13 No{G3762} servant{G3610} can{G1410} serve{G1398} two{G1417} masters:{G2962} for{G1063} either{G2228} he will hate{G3404} the one,{G1520} and{G2532} love{G25} the other;{G2087} or else{G2228} he will hold to{G472} one,{G1520} and{G2532} despise{G2706} the other.{G2087} Ye cannot{G1410} {G3756} serve{G1398} God{G2316} and{G2532} mammon.{G3126}
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Love{G25} not{G3361} the world,{G2889} neither{G3366} the things{G3588} that are in{G1722} the world.{G2889} If{G1437} any man{G5100} love{G25} the world,{G2889} the love{G26} of{G1722} the Father{G3962} is{G2076} not{G3756} in{G2076} him.{G846} 16 For{G3754} all that{G3956} is in{G1722} the world,{G2889} the lust{G1939} of the flesh{G4561} and{G2532} the lust{G1939} of the eyes{G3788} and{G2532} the vain glory{G212} of life,{G979} is{G2076} not{G3756} of{G1537} the Father,{G3962} but{G235} is{G2076} of{G1537} the world.{G2889}
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye {G3432} {G2532} adulteresses,{G3428} know ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} the friendship{G5373} of the world{G2889} is{G2076} enmity{G2189} with God?{G2316} Whosoever{G3739} {G302} therefore{G3767} would{G1014} be{G1511} a friend{G5384} of the world{G2889} maketh{G2525} himself an enemy{G2190} of God.{G2316}
  • Luke 16:11 : 11 If{G1487} therefore{G3767} ye have{G1096} not{G3756} been{G1096} faithful{G4103} in{G1722} the unrighteous{G94} mammon,{G3126} who{G5101} will commit{G4100} to your{G5213} trust{G4100} the true{G228} [riches]?
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For{G1063} am I{G3982} now{G737} seeking the favor{G3982} of men,{G444} or{G2228} of God?{G2316} or{G2228} am I striving{G2212} to please{G700} men?{G444} {G1063} if{G1487} I{G700} were still{G2089} pleasing{G700} men,{G444} I should{G302} not{G3756} be{G2252} a servant{G1401} of Christ.{G5547}
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But{G1161} they that are minded{G1014} to be rich{G4147} fall{G1706} into{G1519} a temptation{G3986} and{G2532} a snare{G3803} and{G2532} many{G4183} foolish{G453} and{G2532} hurtful{G983} lusts,{G1939} such as{G3748} drown{G1036} men{G444} in{G1519} destruction{G3639} and{G2532} perdition.{G684} 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076} a root{G4491} of all{G3956} kinds of evil:{G2556} which{G3739} {G3713} some{G5100} reaching after{G3713} have been led astray{G635} from{G575} the faith,{G4102} and{G2532} have pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044} with many{G4183} sorrows.{G3601}
  • Luke 16:9 : 9 And I{G2504} say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} Make{G4160} to yourselves{G1438} friends{G5384} by{G1537} means of the mammon{G3126} of unrighteousness;{G93} that,{G2443} when{G3752} it shall fail,{G1587} they may receive{G1209} you{G5209} into{G1519} the eternal{G166} tabernacles.{G3126}
  • 2 Kgs 17:33-34 : 33 They feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} their own gods,{H430} after the manner{H4941} of the nations{H1471} from among whom they had been carried away.{H1540} 34 Unto this day{H3117} they do{H6213} after the former{H7223} manner:{H4941} they fear{H3373} not Jehovah,{H3068} neither do{H6213} they after their statutes,{H2708} or after their ordinances,{H4941} or after the law{H8451} or after the commandment{H4687} which Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} the children{H1121} of Jacob,{H3290} whom he named{H7760} Israel;{H3478}
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seem evil{H7489} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647} Jehovah,{H3068} choose{H977} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve;{H5647} whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647} that were beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} or the gods{H430} of the Amorites,{H567} in whose land{H776} ye dwell:{H3427} but as for me and my house,{H1004} we will serve{H5647} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Josh 24:19-20 : 19 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto the people,{H5971} Ye cannot{H3201} serve{H5647} Jehovah;{H3068} for he is a holy{H6918} God;{H430} he is a jealous{H7072} God;{H430} he will not forgive{H5375} your transgression{H6588} nor your sins.{H2403} 20 If ye forsake{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} and serve{H5647} foreign{H5236} gods,{H430} then he will turn{H7725} and do you evil,{H7489} and consume{H3615} you, after{H310} that he hath done you good.{H3190}
  • 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel{H8050} spake{H559} unto all the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} If ye do return{H7725} unto Jehovah{H3068} with all your heart,{H3824} then put away{H5493} the foreign{H5236} gods{H430} and the Ashtaroth{H6252} from among{H8432} you, and direct{H3559} your hearts{H3824} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and serve{H5647} him only; and he will deliver{H5337} you out of the hand{H3027} of the Philistines.{H6430}
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah{H452} came{H5066} near unto all the people,{H5971} and said,{H559} How long{H5921} go ye limping{H6452} between the two{H8147} sides? if Jehovah{H3068} be God,{H430} follow{H3212} him; but if Baal,{H1168} then follow{H3212} him. And the people{H5971} answered{H6030} him not a word.{H1697}
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 So these nations{H1471} feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and served{H5647} their graven images;{H6456} their children{H1121} likewise, and their children's{H1121} children,{H1121} as did{H6213} their fathers,{H1} so do{H6213} they unto this day.{H3117}
  • Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Go{H3212} ye, serve{H5647} every one{H376} his idols,{H1544} and hereafter{H310} also, if ye will not hearken{H8085} unto me; but my holy{H6944} name{H8034} shall ye no more profane{H2490} with your gifts,{H4979} and with your idols.{H1544}
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 and them that worship{H7812} the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} upon the housetops;{H1406} and them that worship,{H7812} that swear{H7650} to Jehovah{H3068} and swear{H7650} by Malcam;{H4428}
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then{G5119} saith Jesus{G2424} unto him,{G846} Get{G3004} thee{G3004} hence, Satan:{G4567} for{G1063} it is written,{G1125} Thou shalt worship{G4352} the Lord{G2962} thy{G4675} God,{G2316} and{G2532} him{G846} only{G3441} shalt thou serve.{G3000}
  • Rom 6:16-22 : 16 Know ye{G1492} not,{G3756} that{G3754} to whom{G3739} ye present{G3936} yourselves{G1438} [as] servants{G1401} unto{G1519} obedience,{G5218} his servants{G1401} ye are{G2075} whom{G3739} ye obey;{G5219} whether{G2273} of sin{G266} unto{G1519} death,{G2288} or{G2228} of obedience{G5218} unto{G1519} righteousness?{G1343} 17 But{G1161} thanks{G5485} be to God,{G2316} that,{G3754} whereas ye were{G2258} servants{G1401} of sin,{G266} {G1161} ye became obedient{G5219} from{G1537} the heart{G2588} to{G1519} that form{G5179} of teaching{G1322} whereunto{G3739} ye were delivered;{G3860} 18 and{G1161} being{G1659} made free{G1659} from{G575} sin,{G266} ye became servants{G1402} of righteousness.{G1343} 19 I speak{G3004} after the manner of men{G442} because of{G1223} the infirmity{G769} of your{G5216} flesh:{G4561} for{G1063} as{G5618} ye presented{G3936} your{G5216} members{G3196} [as] servants{G1401} to uncleanness{G167} and{G2532} to iniquity{G458} unto{G1519} iniquity,{G458} even so{G3779} now{G3568} present{G3936} your{G5216} members{G3196} [as] servants{G1401} to righteousness{G1343} unto{G1519} sanctification.{G38} 20 For{G1063} when{G3753} ye were{G2258} servants{G1401} of sin,{G266} ye were{G2258} free{G1658} in regard of righteousness.{G1343} 21 What{G5101} fruit{G2590} then{G5119} had ye{G2192} at that time in{G1909} the things whereof{G3739} ye are{G1870} now{G3568} ashamed?{G1870} for{G1063} the end{G5056} of those things{G1565} is death.{G2288} 22 But{G1161} now{G3570} being made free{G1659} from{G575} sin{G266} and{G1161} become servants{G1402} to God,{G2316} ye have{G2192} your{G5216} fruit{G2590} unto{G1519} sanctification,{G38} and{G1161} the end{G5056} eternal{G166} life.{G2222}
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge{G3853} them that are rich{G4145} in{G1722} this{G3568} present world,{G165} that they be{G5309} not{G3361} highminded,{G5309} nor{G3366} have their hope{G1679} set on{G1909} the uncertainty{G83} of riches,{G4149} but{G235} on{G1722} {G2198} God,{G2316} who giveth{G3930} us{G2254} richly{G4146} all things{G3956} to{G1519} enjoy;{G619}
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for{G1063} Demas{G1214} forsook{G1459} me,{G3165} having loved{G25} this{G3588} present{G3568} world,{G165} and{G2532} went{G4198} to{G1519} Thessalonica;{G2332} Crescens{G2913} to{G1519} Galatia,{G1053} Titus{G5103} to{G1519} Dalmatia.{G1149}