No man can serve two masters

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1. One's loyalties must be undivided. This is a saying of Jesus from the Gospels. Jesus goes on to say, “You cannot serve God and mammon” — that is, God and money.

No man can serve two masters

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1. A saying of Jesus. The complete passage reads, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.”

Example Sentences

The two tangled over the meaning of Matthew 6:24, which warns, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

From Washington Post

Warnock communications director Terrence Clark said the sermon was “based on a biblical verse that reads ‘No man can serve two masters … Ye cannot serve God and mammon,’ a biblical term for wealth.”

From Washington Times

Warnock communications director Terrence Clark said the 2011 sermon was “based on a biblical verse that reads ‘No man can serve two masters … Ye cannot serve God and mammon,’ a biblical term for wealth.”

From Washington Times

Mr Bogle’s rationale for this set-up is simple: “No man can serve two masters.”

From Economist

The Book of Matthew counsels that “no man can serve two masters.”

From Forbes