Luke 16:13-18
New American Standard Bible
13 (A)No [a]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [b](B)wealth.”
14 Now the Pharisees, who were (C)lovers of money, were listening to all these things and (D)were [c]ridiculing Him. 15 And He said to them, “You are the ones who (E)justify yourselves in the sight of people, but (F)God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.
16 “(G)The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time (H)the gospel of the kingdom of God [d]has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 (I)But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [e]stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
18 “(J)Everyone who [f]divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is [g]divorced from a husband commits adultery.
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- Luke 16:13 Or house servant
- Luke 16:13 See note 1 v 9
- Luke 16:14 Or sneering at
- Luke 16:16 Lit is preached
- Luke 16:17 I.e., projection of a letter (serif)
- Luke 16:18 Or sends away, the Heb term for divorce
- Luke 16:18 Or sent away
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