Reference: Mammon
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A Chaldee word signifying riches. Our Savior says we cannot serve God and Mammon, Mt 6:24. Wealth is as truly an idol to those who set their hearts on it, as Jupiter or Diana; and no idolater can enter heaven. He also charges us, from the example of the unjust steward, so to use worldly goods, which are generally sought and used sinfully - "the unrighteous mammon" - as to have God the Judge our friend, and receive the true riches in heaven, Lu 16:9,11.
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches?
Easton
a Chaldee or Syriac word meaning "wealth" or "riches" (Lu 16:9-11); also, by personification, the god of riches (Mt 6:24; Lu 16:9-11).
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings. The man who is dependable in a very small matter is dependable also in a large deal, the man who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest also in a large deal.
The man who is dependable in a very small matter is dependable also in a large deal, the man who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest also in a large deal. So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches?
So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches?
Fausets
Mt 6:24; Lu 16:9. A Punic (Augustine) or Syriac (Jerome) word for "riches". Personified as a heart idol.
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
Hastings
This is a Semitic word, but of doubtful derivation. It has been referred to Heb. aman, 'a reliable (store),' and to taman (t being elided), 'hidden treasure.' Augustine (Serm. on Mount) says it was the name for 'riches' among the Hebrews, and that the Ph
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
So if you have not proved dependable in handling your ill-gotten riches, who will trust you with the true riches?
No house-servant can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,
Morish
Mam'mon
An Aramaic word signifying 'riches.' It is personified as a 'master' in Mt 6:24; Lu 16:13; "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." In Lu 16:9, it is called 'unrighteous mammon' (as appertaining to this world in which the rights of God to all have been refused) in opposition to true riches, which appertain to the world to come.
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
No house-servant can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Smith
(riches)
Mt 6:24; Lu 16:9
a word which often occurs in the Chaldee Terguma of Onkelos and later writers, and in the Syriac version, and which signifies "riches." It is used in St. Matthew as a personification of riches.
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.
So I tell you, make friends by the right use of your money, which so easily tends to wrongdoing, so that when it fails, your friends may welcome you to the eternal dwellings.
Watsons
MAMMON, a Syriac word which signifies riches, Mt 6:24.
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No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.