Matthew 6:24 — Bible Verse (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.”
Matthew 6:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Matthew 6:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 6:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.”
Matthew 6:24 — World English Bible
Matthew 6:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“No man 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. ”
Matthew 6:24 — American Standard Version
Matthew 6:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.”
Matthew 6:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 6:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serveGod and mammon. ”
Matthew 6:24 — Darby Translation
Matthew 6:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.”
Matthew 6:24 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 6:24 in Context — Matthew 6
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
What Does Matthew 6:24 Mean?
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