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Luke 18:24

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

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ASV

And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

KJV

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἸδὼνIdōnHaving seenG1492 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424 →
περίλυπονperiluponsorrowfulG4036 →
γενόμενονgenomenonbecameG1096 →
εἶπεν·eipensaying;G2036 →
πῶςpōsHowG4459 →
δυσκόλωςduskolōsdifficultG1423 →
οἱhoi[for] thoseG3588 →
τὰta<the>G3588 →
χρήματαchrēmatarichesG5536 →
ἔχοντεςechonteshaving [when]G2192 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
βασιλείανbasileiankingdomG932 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
εἰσπορεύονται.eisporeuontaithey enter.G1531 →

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Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.Luke 14:18But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’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 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”Mark 10:23–27Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”James 2:5–7Listen, 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?Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.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.Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.Matthew 19:23–25Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.1 Timothy 6:9–10Those 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.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’?2 Corinthians 7:9–10And 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.Deuteronomy 8:11–17Be 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.Mark 6:26The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.Psalms 73:5–12They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.James 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.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.

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