Luke 16:13
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 16
“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
What Does Luke 16:13 Mean?
Luke 16:13 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 16, verse 13 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Servanthood.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Luke 16:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 6:24“No man 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.”1 John 2:15“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”Hebrews 13:5“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”James 4:4“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”Romans 8:5“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”Joshua 24:15“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”Luke 14:26“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”2 Kings 17:33“They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.”Luke 9:50“And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.”Proverbs 28:11“The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.”Luke 11:23“He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.”Luke 16:9“And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.”Matthew 4:10“Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”Hosea 10:2“Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.”Hosea 12:8“And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.”Luke 8:14“And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.”2 Timothy 4:10“For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.”Jeremiah 22:17“But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.”Romans 6:16“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”Matthew 19:23“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
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