Bible Verses About Money

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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Not 'it is difficult' to serve both. Ye cannot. That's a statement of impossibility, not a suggestion.

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

This is not a metaphor open to interpretation. The disciples understood it immediately — they were astonished.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

A life's worth is not measured by what it accumulates. Jesus says this plainly, unprompted.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Note what is said — not money itself, but the love of it. And the consequence: erred from the faith.

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

The rich young ruler had kept all the commandments — and still walked away from Jesus. The one thing he lacked was willingness to let go of his wealth.