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                   Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and
                   serve Him only.’" (Luke, 4:8)
                   Jesus said to him, "... Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him
                   only." (Matthew, 4:10)
                   ... My dear friends, flee from idolatry. (1 Corinthians, 10:14)
                   For they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They
                   tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true
                   God... (1 Thessalonians, 1:9-10)
                   [Jesus:] "No servant can serve two masters... You cannot serve both
                   God and money." [May God forbid] (Luke, 16:13)
                   ... If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
                   No one 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. (Matthew, 6:23-24)
                   ... Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they

                   eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an



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