Question: What did "mammon" mean?
Answer: Riches (or money) (Matthew 6:24)
Comments: Jesus advised his followers that one cannot serve both God and mammon. The Greek word for "Mammon", mamonas, occurs only in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:24) and in the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:9, 11, 13).
"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealth." (Matthew 6:24, NASB)
Many translations render the word either "money" (CEV, ESV, The Message, NIV, NLT) or "wealth" (NASB, NRSV). The AMP, ASV, KJV, NKJV, and RSV all leave the word untranslated, accounting for the term's familiarity.
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