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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 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. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “No one can serve two masters, for either he
‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship, and him alone shall you serve.’” In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: 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. The English Standard Version translates the passage as:
The words were inspired by Leviticus 8:35, in which God, through Moses, gives instructions to Aaron and his sons, for their service as priests. He commands them to "keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not." [1] Other Bible verses reflected in the words include Hosea 6:2, Matthew 25:30, 1 Corinthians 4:2 and 2 Peter 1:10. [3]
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L ORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing ...
The prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion by Thomas Aquinas includes a phrase similar to the last verse of this parable: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant.
The phrase "the son of man came to serve" refers to a specific episode in the New Testament. In the Gospel of Matthew 20:20–28 and the Gospel of Mark 10:35–45, Jesus explains that he "came as Son of man to give his life as ransom". [1] The ransom paid by the Son of man is an element of a common doctrine of atonement in Christianity. [2]
Conversely with agency, in other instances the Bible emphasises reliance on God and examples of Jesus serving or healing those who lacked the ability to help themselves, implying that self-reliance and reliance on God are complementary (See Mark 6:34; Mark 1:30–31; and Mark 10:46–52.)
The Authorised Version uses "Mammon" for both Greek spellings; John Wycliffe uses richessis. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible says it is "a Semitic word for money or riches". [13] The International Children's Bible (ICB) uses the wording "You cannot serve God and money at the same time". [14]
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