No man can serve two masters 一仆不能事二主（马太福音 6:24）

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Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
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I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

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In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

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from 2006 Bible Literary Project

There is no book more important for our culture than the Bible, and it is fundametal to the study of English literature and language.

Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
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No man can serve two masters 一仆不能事二主（马太福音 6:24）

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“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. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24) “一个人不能事奉两个主。不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门（玛门是财利的意思）。” （马太福音 6:24）

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一仆不能事二主，这里耶稣指的主分别是上帝和玛门（古希伯来人对“财利”的称谓）。耶稣曾警示信徒们，每个人同一时间只能忠于一个个体或组织，如果选择效忠财利，那么必定违背上帝的旨意。现今这句话常被用在发生利益冲突的时候。举个例子，如果某公司官员同时为若干不同的机构效力，那么他能否真正地忠于一个组织就很令人怀疑。

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