Luke 18:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
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“Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 18:24 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 6:10And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 8:11Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- Proverbs 18:11A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
- Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
- Matthew 19:23Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 6:26The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
- Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
- 1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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