“... The saying in 2 Clem. 6. 1 can probably tell us little in the present context. Clearly, it is related in some way or other to the tradition in Matt. 6. 24 // Luke 16. 13, and in the first part of the saying, there is almost verbatim agreement between the versions. 2 Clement is slightly closer to the Lucan version in having οἰκέτης, which Matthew omits; but whether one can build very much on this is uncertain. The second part of the saying in 2 Clement is by no means as close verbally to the synoptic versions. There is the contrast between ‘serving God’ and ‘(serving) mammon’, but the structure of the sayings is different. Hence, at most there seems to be a common tradition underlying the versions here, but we cannot go further. In any case, it is not clear that in this part ‘Clement’ thinks that he is actually quoting as such. The use of the first person plural [...] may suggest rather that this is ‘Clement’s’ own gloss on, or interpretation of, the saying, rather than a continuation of the quotation of the saying of ‘the Lord’. ...”