Matthew 6:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.(A)
God and Money. 24 [a]“No one can serve two masters.(B) He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Dependence on God.[b] 25 (C)“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
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Matthew 6:23-25
New International Version
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[a] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
Do Not Worry(B)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry(C) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Footnotes
- Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
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