What is mammon in the Bible?

Last updated Jul 15, 2026

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Mammon is an Aramaic-derived term used in the King James Bible for wealth or riches personified as a rival master to God.

Jesus uses the word in Matthew 6:24: 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. (KJV).

The word also appears in Luke 16:9–13 in the parable of the unjust steward, closing at Luke 16:13: No servant 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. (KJV). Full chapter: Luke 16.

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