13. “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
14. The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things and derided Him.
15. He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed before men is an abomination before God.
16. “The Law and the Prophets were preached until John. Since then the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.