Here in the ESV translation the word used is "money," but in your Bibles it may have the Greek word mammon, which is a Semitic term for money or possessions. From Wordnik.com. [Transformatum] Reference
By serving mammon is how Friedman got to where he is, he’ll NEVER change. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Friedman Defends Repeated Prediction That ‘The Next Six Months Are Crucial’ In Iraq] Reference
He does not call mammon Lord when He says, "Ye cannot serve two masters;" but He teaches. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
"He calls mammon unjust, because it draws our affections by the various allurements of wealth.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
This, I think, is what our Lord bids us do, if we have wronged any man, and fouled our hands with the unrighteous mammon, that is, with ill-gotten wealth. From Wordnik.com. [Town and Country Sermons] Reference
And it was paid for in BLOOD - which is FAR MORE precious than 'mammon'!. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bloomberg vs.] Reference
Lastly, there seems no ground for the widespread belief that "mammon" was the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
Now, we shall make a great mistake if we narrow down the interpretation of that word 'mammon' in the context (which is 'that which is least,' etc., here) to be merely money. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke] Reference
All this melding of mammon and medicine may trouble some. From Wordnik.com. [New Rx For Success] Reference
"Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness," &c. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
Our feet have been made active in the dance of folly and the race of mammon. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
For it is written (Luke 16: 9): "Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Our policy is to be very sweet to him -- to make friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, as. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Here in the United States, we continue to crucify him through our war-making, mammon-worshiping ways. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Keady: The Real Meaning of Christmas] Reference
If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
And so riches, even well got, may be said to be hurtful mammon; because it frequently proves noxious to the owner. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
And in reality, and on the contrary, hurtful mammon, i.e. when riches turn to the hurt and mischief of the owner. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
In social life he can refuse to bow to an arbitrary and often empty fashion, or to immolate himself on the altar of mammon. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
Men who are dishonest and worldly, and who do not employ the deceitful mammon as they ought, cannot expect to grow in grace. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
He says, "If ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches" (Luke 16: 11). From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Life of the Christian] Reference
"Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity, that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings," which passage. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
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