Bible verse
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
Luke 16:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 16.
10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and money.”
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
KJV
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
ASV
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
ERV
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
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