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"No one 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 can`t serve both God and Mammon.
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An Undivided Allegiance
Jesus uses a universally understood proverb: a slave can only have one true master. Commentators stress that this isn't about having two jobs, but about having two ultimate allegiances. God requires our whole heart, love, and loyalty. The stark language of 'love' versus 'hate' and 'hold to' versus 'despise' shows that neutrality is impossible. We must consciously choose which master receives our ultimate devotion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No man can serve two masters, etc. Christ proceeds to illustrate the necessity of laying up treasures in heaven from a well-known fact: a …
No man can serve two masters (ουδεις δυνατα δυσ κυριοις δουλευειν). Many try it, but failure awaits them all. Men even try "to be …
19th Century
Anglican
No man can serve two masters—Literally, can be the slave of two masters. The clauses that follow describe two distinct re…
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Baptist
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.
More basic than the choice between two treasures and two visions is the choice between two masters: God or Money. Both are portrayed, not as employ…
16th Century
Protestant
No man can serve two masters: Christ returns to the former doctrine, the purpose of which was to draw His disciples away from covetousness…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
No man can serve two masters Whose orders are directly contrary to one another: otherwise, if they were the same, or…
Worldly-mindedness is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and firmer hold of the soul, under the cloak of…
13th Century
Catholic
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth. Above, the Lord prescribed that we do not do works for the sake of [human] …
