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Why did the Pharisees deride Jesus when he said, "You cannot serve God and mammon,"?


They were covetous
They wanted to draw attention away from Jesus
They disliked it when Jesus told parables
They were selfish

Find out the answer in our The Pharisees and Sadducees Bible Quiz

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