Luke 16:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“No servant 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.”
Luke 16:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 16:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 16:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.””
Luke 16:13 — World English Bible
Luke 16:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ”
Luke 16:13 — American Standard Version
Luke 16:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'”
Luke 16:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 16:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serveGod and mammon. ”
Luke 16:13 — Darby Translation
Luke 16:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Yee can not serue God and riches.”
Luke 16:13 — Geneva Bible
Luke 16:13 in Context — Luke 16
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
13 No servant 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.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
What Does Luke 16:13 Mean?
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