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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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.Mammon — Riches, money; any thing loved or sought, without reference to God. Luke 16:13. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19-34

III. CHRISTIAN PIETY DISTINGUISHED FROM GENTILISM, Matthew 6:19 to Matthew 7:27. Fallen Judaism is the impure service of the true God; Gentilism is the true service of a false god. That god is the world-god Mammon. Gentilism has lost its divine parent; it has become orphaned of our Father who is in heaven. In his place it has substituted the Mammon service and the earthly goods. After all these things do the Gentiles seek. Matthew 6:32. It is perfectly plain that with Matthew 6:18 our Lord... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:24

2 . The world must not stand in competition with God, Matthew 6:24-34. 24. Two masters If the masters indeed agree perfectly, it is essentially one master. But here two signifies opposing. They are two, (as two masters ever will be,) not only in number, but in interest; and the poor slave or worshipper is under a conflicting jurisdiction, where one authority commands and another prohibits. Mammon There is no proof that Mammon was the name of a Syrian false god, or really an idol... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 6:24

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:19-34

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:24

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