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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."
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A Repeated, Core Principle
Multiple commentators note that this saying is nearly identical to one in Matthew 6:24. Scholars suggest this was a foundational truth, an "axiom of the religious life," which Jesus intentionally repeated in different contexts to stress its importance. Its placement here connects the principle directly to the parable of the shrewd manager.
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Servant (οικετης). Household (οικος) servant. This is the only addition to Mt 6:24 where otherwise the language is precisely the s…
19th Century
Anglican
No servant can serve two masters. (See Notes on Matthew 6:24). Here, it obviously comes in close connection with the prev…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
No servant can serve two masters (See Gill on Matthew 6:24).
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Presbyterian
To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our Lord said t…
