Luke 16. One cannot serve two master

Luke 16:13 NIV
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

It could be wrongly interpreted. If you want to serve God,  you cannot be rich?

Rich people cannot serve God?

I thought God will prosperous whoever obey him. Abraham was blessed with land and others live stock.

David was blessed and become King David.

Solomon also.

But in new tastement all disciples did not have a good ending. They either persecuted or die. Non of them was lifted to heaven,  except John who wrote the Revelation. Most propane due of old age after he finish The Book of Revelation.

So can you be rich?  I remember pastor did talk about thus in one of the sermon. You can be rich but not flirty rich. Meaning the money must come from proper source.

And of course not after become rich then forgot about who blessed you. But as man this could be easily happen. Once we are rich you thought you can do everything.

I think here Jesup mean it us difficult to serve God and money well. Of course there are people who can do it or did it as well.

In this context,  Jesup actually refer to the pharisee,  who wanted power and at the same time pretend to serve God and obey the law. Moses law.