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Luke 16:13-16 (MSG)

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¹³ No worker can serve two bosses: He'll either hate the first and love the second Or adore the first and despise the second. You can't serve both God and the Bank. ¹⁴ When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. ¹⁵ So Jesus spoke to them: "You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what's behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. ¹⁶ God's Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it's all kingdom of God--the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 13) Money / Greed / Debt / Wealth / Stealing / Covet - No one can have two masters

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Money - Root of All Evil?, part 2 (2008-05-10)
(v. 13) Master Plan - He Required Obedience (2009-11-30)
(v. 13) Followup - The New Testament Church (part II) (2011-01-25)
(v. 14) Followup - The New Testament Church (part II) (2011-01-25)
(v. 15) Followup - The New Testament Church (part II) (2011-01-25)
(v. 16) Followup - The New Testament Church (part II) (2011-01-25)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 16) Devotional: Jesus' Approach to Scripture (2008-12-18)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):