The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 13:24

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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.

Influences

Matthew 6:24 (KJV)
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.

Changes

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 mMammon.

Simple English

No one can serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. Or you will follow one and not care about the other. You can’t serve both God and money.

Paraphrase

No one can serve two masters. You’ll end up hating one and loving the other, or being devoted to one and despising the other. You can’t serve both God and money.