Study it in the app“No household servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.””
Whoever is faithful in little is faithful in muchGenerosity and Money
Noοὐδεὶςhousehold servantοἰκέτηςcanδύναταιserveδουλεύεινtwoδυσὶmasters;κυρίοιςforγὰρeitherἢhe will hateμισήσειthe oneτὸν ἕναandκαὶloveἀγαπήσειthe other,τὸν ἕτερονorἢhe will hold on toἀνθέξεταιoneἑνὸςandκαὶdespiseκαταφρονήσειthe other.τοῦ ἑτέρουYou cannotοὐ δύνασθεserveδουλεύεινGodθεῷandκαὶwealth.”μαμωνᾷ
household slave
Household servant, a domestic slave.
Where else “oiketēs” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appearsbe a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.
Where else “douleuein” appearstwo
Two.
Where else “dysi” appearsmaster
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyriois” appearslove less
To love one less than another.
Where else “misēsei” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hena” appearslove
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapēsei” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heteron” appearshold to
Cling to someone or something, be true to.
Where else “anthexetai” appearsdespise
Despise, look down on, think little of.
Where else “kataphronēsei” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appearswealth, mammon
Wealth: an Aramaic word (mammon) for money and possessions, presented as a master.
Where else “mamōnai” appears12And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?
13 · This verse (above)
14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were ridiculing him.
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?
