"serve two masters" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From Matthew 6:24 in the Bible.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serves two masters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving two masters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served two masters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served two masters",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "serve two masters"
      },
      "expansion": "serve two masters (third-person singular simple present serves two masters, present participle serving two masters, simple past and past participle served two masters)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Two",
          "orig": "en:Two",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 1, “Paisley faltered in bid to serve two masters”, in Belfast Telegraph",
          "text": "I suspect that Mr Paisley would have been familiar with the biblical quotation: \"No man can serve two masters - you cannot serve God and Mammon\" (Matthew 6 v 24).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties."
      ],
      "id": "en-serve_two_masters-en-verb-ESpWVEN4",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "superiors",
          "superiors"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "parties",
          "parties"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-serve two masters.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve two masters"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Matthew 6:24 in the Bible.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "serves two masters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serving two masters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served two masters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "served two masters",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "serve two masters"
      },
      "expansion": "serve two masters (third-person singular simple present serves two masters, present participle serving two masters, simple past and past participle served two masters)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Two"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 1, “Paisley faltered in bid to serve two masters”, in Belfast Telegraph",
          "text": "I suspect that Mr Paisley would have been familiar with the biblical quotation: \"No man can serve two masters - you cannot serve God and Mammon\" (Matthew 6 v 24).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "superiors",
          "superiors"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "parties",
          "parties"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take orders from two superiors or two conflicting parties."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-serve two masters.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/En-au-serve_two_masters.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "serve two masters"
}