Luk 16:13 | HCSB | STEP | No household slave can be the slave of two masters , since either he will hate one and love the other , or he will be devoted to one and despise the other . You can’t be slaves to both God and money .”

‏ Luke 16:13

13 No ^a household slave can be the ^{▼▼slave: The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English by "servant" or "bond servant"; the HCSB translates this word as "slave," not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire's inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.}slave of two masters, since either he will hate ^c one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”