'Money' in the Bible

“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.

Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.

But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

After the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

“Take nothing for the road,” He told them, “no walking stick, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business.

why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

For an overseer, as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;