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Mt 6:24 Strong Concordance No man [3762] can [1410] serve [1398] two [1417] masters [2962]: for [1063] either [2228] he will hate [3404] the one [1520], and [2532] love [25] the other [2087]; or else [2228] he will hold [472] to the one [1520], and [2532] despise [2706] the other [2087]. Ye cannot [3756] [1410] serve [1398] God [2316] and [2532] mammon [3126].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
No man can serve--The word means to "belong wholly and be entirely under command to."

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--Even if the two masters be of one character and have but one object, the servant must take law from one or the other: though he may do what is agreeable to both, he cannot, in the nature of the thing, be servant to more than one. Much less if, as in the present case, their interests are quite different, and even conflicting. In this case, if our affections be in the service of the one--if we "love the one"--we must of necessity "hate the other"; if we determine resolutely to "hold to the one," we must at the same time disregard, and (if he insist on his claims upon us) even "despise the other."

Ye cannot serve God and mammon--The word "mamon"--better written with one m--is a foreign one, whose precise derivation cannot certainly be determined, though the most probable one gives it the sense of "what one trusts in." Here, there can be no doubt it is used for riches, considered as an idol master, or god of the heart. The service of this god and the true God together is here, with a kind of indignant curtness, pronounced impossible. But since the teaching of the preceding verses might seem to endanger our falling short of what is requisite for the present life, and so being left destitute, our Lord now comes to speak to that point.
 
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9 And I [2504] say [3004] unto you [5213], Make [4160] to yourselves [1438] friends [5384] of [1537] the mammon [3126] of unrighteousness [93]; that [2443], when [3752] ye fail [1587], they may receive [1209] you [5209] into [1519] everlasting [166] habitations [4633].
10 He that is faithful [4103] in [1722] that which is least [1646] is [2076] faithful [4103] also [2532] in [1722] much [4183]: and [2532] he that is unjust [94] in [1722] the least [1646] is [2076] unjust [94] also [2532] in [1722] much [4183].
11 If [1487] therefore [3767] ye have [1096] not [3756] been [1096] faithful [4103] in [1722] the unrighteous [94] mammon [3126], who [5101] will commit [4100] to your [5213] trust [4100] the true [228] riches?
39 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], That ye resist [436] not [3361] evil [4190]: but [235] whosoever [3748] shall smite [4474] thee [4571] on [1909] thy [4675] right [1188] cheek [4600], turn [4762] to him [846] the other [243] also [2532].
13 No [3762] servant [3610] can [1410] serve [1398] two [1417] masters [2962]: for [1063] either [2228] he will hate [3404] the one [1520], and [2532] love [25] the other [2087]; or else [2228] he will hold [472] to the one [1520], and [2532] despise [2706] the other [2087]. Ye cannot [3756] [1410] serve [1398] God [2316] and [2532] mammon [3126].
11 If [1487] therefore [3767] ye have [1096] not [3756] been [1096] faithful [4103] in [1722] the unrighteous [94] mammon [3126], who [5101] will commit [4100] to your [5213] trust [4100] the true [228] riches?
9 And I [2504] say [3004] unto you [5213], Make [4160] to yourselves [1438] friends [5384] of [1537] the mammon [3126] of unrighteousness [93]; that [2443], when [3752] ye fail [1587], they may receive [1209] you [5209] into [1519] everlasting [166] habitations [4633].
30 If there be laid [07896] on him a sum of money [03724], then he shall give [05414] for the ransom [06306] of his life [05315] whatsoever is laid [07896] upon him.
3 And his sons [01121] walked [01980] not in his ways [01870], but turned aside [05186] after [0310] lucre [01215], and took [03947] bribes [07810], and perverted [05186] judgment [04941].
19 The kings [04428] came [0935] and fought [03898], then fought [03898] the kings [04428] of Canaan [03667] in Taanach [08590] by the waters [04325] of Megiddo [04023]; they took [03947] no gain [01215] of money [03701].
21 Moreover thou shalt provide [02372] out of all the people [05971] able [02428] men [0582], such as fear [03373] God [0430], men [0582] of truth [0571], hating [08130] covetousness [01215]; and place [07760] such over them, to be rulers [08269] of thousands [0505], and rulers [08269] of hundreds [03967], rulers [08269] of fifties [02572], and rulers [08269] of tens [06235]: