Before revision: The Revised Standard Version of the Bible explains it as "a Semitic word for money or riches".Bible – Revised Standard Version (RSV), footnotes p. 6 NT Matthew 6:24, Melton Book Company, 1971 The International Children's Bible (ICB) uses the wording "You cannot serve God and money at the same time".International Children's Bible p. 482 Matthew 6:24 (Word Publishing, 2003) Christians began to use "mammon" as a pejorative, a term that was used to describe gluttony, excessive materialism, greed, and unjust worldly gain.
After revision: The Revised Standard Version of the Bible explains it as "a Semitic word for money or riches".Bible – Revised Standard Version (RSV), footnotes p. 6 NT Matthew 6:24, Melton Book Company, 1971 The International Children's Bible (ICB) uses the wording "You cannot serve God and money at the same time".International Children's Bible p. 482 Matthew 6:24 (Word Publishing, 2003) Christians began to use "mammon" as a term that was used to describe gluttony, excessive materialism, greed, and unjust worldly gain.