Mat 6:24, 10:37, Rom 1:23, 2Ti 3:4, 1Jo 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | No one can serve two masters , for either he will hate the one and love the other , or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other . You cannot serve God and money .

Matthew 6:24

24 ^a“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and ^bmoney. ^{▼▼Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions}

Matthew 10:37

37 ^dWhoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Romans 1:23

23 and ^eexchanged the glory of ^fthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

2 Timothy 3:4

4 treacherous, reckless, ^gswollen with conceit, ^hlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

1 John 2:15-16

Do Not Love the World

15 ⁱDo not love the world or the things in the world. ^jIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world— ^kthe desires of the flesh and ^lthe desires of the eyes and pride of life ^{▼▼Or pride in possessions}—is not from the Father but is from the world.