PHRASE EXPLAINED
Filthy lucre: Money obtained dishonestly; from the Bible (Titus), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money (teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake).
Filthy lucre: Money obtained dishonestly; from the Bible (Titus), where it refers to those who teach wrongly for the sake of money (teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake).