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"We have an umbrella - not a bucket" - William Brady
Maiia: I first heard of Mammon in the writing of Henry Lawson.
off the top of my head it goes...
"Mammon's slaves your knees shall knock,
Your heart in terror beat
When God demands an answer for the Faces on the Street "
• noun wealth regarded as an evil influence or false object of worship. — ORIGIN mamonas, from an Aramaic word meaning ‘riches’;
No one 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 can not serve both God and Mammon.
—Matthew 6:19-21,24
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