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Luke 16:13 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Luke 16:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 16 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 16:13
Jesus states an absolute: '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.' The impossibility is categorical: 'no servant can serve two masters' (οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν, oudeis oiketēs dynatai dysi kyriois douleuein). Divided loyalty is impossible—either God or money will dominate. The verbs 'hate/love' and 'hold to/despise' don't require conscious rejection but describe inevitable prioritization. The final declaration 'ye cannot serve God and ma...
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Cross-References for Luke 16:13
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“neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world”
“but those who live according to the Spirit”
“don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
“choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River”
“Get behind me,{TR and NU read Go away instead of Get behind me} Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'{Deuteronomy 6:13}”
“his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death”
“make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon”