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And so I tell you: use filthy money to make friends for yourselves, so that, when it fails, these people may welcome you into the eternal homes.

Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with big ones; whoever is dishonest about minor matters will also be dishonest about greater ones. 

So, if you have been dishonest in handling dirty money, who would trust you with real wealth? 

And if you have been dishonest with things that are not really yours, who will give you that wealth which is truly yours?

No servant can serve two masters. Either he does not favor one and prefers the other, or he respects one highly and looks down on the other. You cannot devote yourself to both God and Money.”

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at Jesus. 

He said to them: 

“You do your best to be considered righteous by people. But God knows the heart, and what is highly esteemed by human beings is loathed by God.