Luke 16:13 (WEB)
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
Catechism · 1
“"You cannot serve God and mammon."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13.
Fathers and councils · 33
Cyril of Jerusalem
“For how can a man become the one servant of two masters, when our Lord says in the Gospels, No man can serve two masters?” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
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Jerome
“The Gospel thunders forth its divine warning: “Ye cannot serve two masters,” and does any one dare to make Christ a liar by serving at once both God and Mammon?” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“You have fallen and refuse to rise; you do not so much as lift your eyes to heaven; having wasted your father’s substance you take pleasure in the husks that the swine eat; and climbing the precipice of pride you fall headlong into the deep.” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 13, 16.
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Tertullian
““None can serve two lords.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment“What the two masters are who, He says, cannot be served, on the ground that while one is pleased the other must needs be displeased, He Himself makes clear, when He mentions God and mammon.” — editor's note: Luke xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.3Book II
“And how can she serve two lords—the Lord, and her husband—a Gentile to boot?” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence He says again, No man can serve two masters (Luke xvi. 13).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Neque enim, ut existimo, volebant, convenienter Domini præcepto, “duobus dominis servire,” voluptati et Deo.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
Read the whole comment““For no one can serve two masters, God and Mammon,” it is said; meaning not simply money, but the resources arising from money bestowed on various pleasures.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 13.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
The steward whom his Lord cast out of his stewardship is nevertheless commended because he provided himself against the future. As it follows, And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; we…
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But because the Gentiles say that wisdom is a virtue, and define it to be the experience of what is good, evil, and indifferent, or the knowledge of what is and what is not to be done, we must consider whether this…
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On the other hand this parable is spoken, that we should understand that if the steward who acted deceitfully, could be praised by his lord, how much more they please God who do their works according to His commandment.
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The children of this world also are not called wiser but more prudent than the children of light, and this not absolutely and simply, but in their generation. For it follows, For the children of this world are in…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
The children of light and the children of this world are spoken of in the same manner as the children of the kingdom, and the children of hell. For whatever works a man does, he is also termed their son.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
By the children of this world then He means those who mind the good things which are on the earth; by the children of light, those who beholding the divine love, employ themselves with spiritual treasures. But it is…
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In order then that after death they may find something in their own hand, let men before death place their riches in the hands of the poor. Hence it follows, And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon…
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That which the Hebrews call mammon, in Latin is “riches.” As if He said, “Make to yourselves friends of the riches of unrighteousness.” Now some misunderstanding this, seize upon the things of others, and so give…
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Or the riches of unrighteousness are so called, because they are not riches except to the unrighteous, and such as rest in their hopes and the fulness of their happiness. But when these things are possessed by the…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Or he spoke of the unrighteous Mammon, because by the various enticements of riches covetousness corrupts our hearts, that we may be willing to obey riches.
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Or if thou hast succeeded to a patrimony, thou receivest what has been amassed by the unrighteous; for in a number of predecessors some one must needs be found who has unjustly usurped the property of others. But…
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Those then are called the riches of unrighteousness which the Lord has given for the necessities of our brethren and fellow-servants, but we spend upon ourselves. It became us then, from the beginning, to give all…
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But if through their friendship we obtain everlasting habitations, we ought to calculate that when we give we rather offer presents to patrons, than bestow benefits upon the needy.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
For who are they that shall have everlasting habitations but the saints of God? and who are they that are to be received by them into everlasting habitations but they who administer to their want, and whatsoever they…
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We must not then understand those by whom we wish to be received into everlasting habitations to be as it were debtors of God; seeing that the just and holy are signified in this place, who cause those to enter in,…
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Or else, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that by giving to the poor we may purchase the favour of angels and all the saints.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Mark also that He said not, “that they may receive you into their own habitations.” For it is not they who receive you. Therefore when He said, Make to yourselves friends, he added, of the mammon of unrighteousness,…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Thus then Christ taught those who abound in riches, earnestly to love the friendship of the poor, and to have treasure in heaven. But He knew the sloth of the human mind, how that they who court riches bestow no work…
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Riches are foreign to us, because they are something beyond nature, they are not born with us, and they do not pass away with us. But Christ is ours, because He is the life of man. Lastly, He came unto His own.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Thus then hitherto He has taught us how faithfully we ought to dispose of our wealth. But because the management of our wealth according to God is no otherwise obtained than by the indifference of a mind unaffected…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Not because the Lord is two, but one. For although there are who serve mammon, yet he knoweth no rights of lordship; but has himself placed upon himself a yoke of servitude. There is one Lord, because there is one…
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But these things were not spoken indifferently or at random. For no one when asked whether he loves the devil, answers that he loves him, but rather that he hates him; but all generally proclaim that they love God.…
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But the conclusion of the whole discourse is what follows, Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Let us then transfer all our devotions to the one, forsaking riches.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Let then the covetous hear this, that we can not at the same time serve Christ and riches; and yet He said not, “Who has riches,” but, who serves riches; for ho who is the servant of riches, watches them as a…
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Cross-references · 23
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Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in To His Wife II.3.
Cited together in To His Wife II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in To His Wife II.3.
Cited together in To His Wife II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in Origen on Luke 16:8–13 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion IV.33.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.7.
Cited together in Catechism §2424 and 1 other place.
Parallel passages
Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 share the same wording (26 words).