Luke 16:13
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.
Cross-references
Luke 16:9 urges using worldly wealth for eternal gain—a positive counterpart to the warning against serving money.
Luke 11:23 applies the same 'either for or against' logic to allegiance to Jesus — reinforcing that no neutrality exists in serving God.
Luke 8:14 describes riches choking the word—a concrete example of divided devotion hindering service to God.
Luke 14:26 demands hating family to follow Jesus — a parallel call for exclusive loyalty similar to serving God over wealth.
Joshua 24:15 presents the same call to choose whom to serve — God or other gods — echoing the exclusive service principle.
Matthew 4:10 quotes the command to serve God only — the OT foundation behind the teaching that you cannot serve God and wealth.
Matthew 6:24 contains the identical saying about serving God and mammon — a parallel account of this teaching.
James 4:4 declares friendship with the world is enmity with God — directly paralleling the impossibility of serving both God and mammon.
1 John 2:15 warns against loving the world — the same conflict between love for God and love for worldly things.
2 Kings 17:33 depicts people fearing God yet worshiping their own gods—a clear example of trying to serve two masters.
Jeremiah 22:17 condemns eyes and heart set on dishonest gain—illustrating the pursuit of money as a master rather than God.
Hosea 10:2 speaks of a divided heart that brings guilt—directly echoing the impossibility of serving two masters.
Matthew 19:23 declares how hard it is for the rich to enter heaven—illustrating the conflict between serving God and money.
2 Timothy 4:10 shows Demas loving the world and deserting Paul—a tragic example of serving the wrong master.
Hebrews 13:5 commands freedom from love of money and contentment—the positive exhortation against serving money as a master.
Romans 6:16-22 uses slavery imagery to describe serving sin vs righteousness — similar to the master/servant contrast here.