οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης … δουλεύειν. No domestic can slave, &c.

δυσὶ κυρίοις. God requires a whole heart and an undivided service. “If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ,” Galatians 1:10. “Whosoever … will be the friend of the world is the enemy of God,” James 4:4. “Covetousness … is idolatry,” Colossians 3:5.

οὐ δύνασθε κ.τ.λ. If this point had been attended to commentators would not have fallen into the “unspeakable misrepresentations and unrighteous judgments” which have marked so many explanations of the preceding parable.

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