Luke 16:13
""No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.""
Does Luke 16:9-13 contain a contradiction regarding serving mammon?
It is sometimes argued that this passage offers a contradiction, under the presumption that the first verse is equal to serving mammon, which it is not—it refers to the use of mammon, not serving it. The Greek indicates that the commitment to either God or money is of "service" equivalent to total service, even enslavement (cf. John 8:33). This is obviously not the same as mere use.