Luke 18:27
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
BSB
ASV
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
KJV
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
But in respect to His greatness, and His wonderful glory, "no man shall see God and live," for the Father is incomprehensible; but in regard to His love, and kindness, and as to His infinite power, even this He grants to those who love Him, that is, to see God, which thing the prophets did also predict. "For those things that are impossible with men, are possible with God." For man does not see God by his own powers; but when He pleases He is seen by men, by whom He wills, and when He wills, and as He wills.
With men therefore whose thoughts creep earthward, salvation is impossible, but with God it is possible. For when man shall have God for his counsellor, and shall have received the righteousness of God and His teaching concerning poverty, as well as have invoked His aid, this shall be possible to him.
1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
The story we have now read is three times reported in the Gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke were all moved by the Holy Spirit to record the history of the rich young ruler. This fact should be noticed. It shows us that there are lessons before us which demand special attention. When God would impress on Peter his duty towards the Gentiles, He sent him a vision which was repeated "three times." (Acts 10:16.) We learn, firstly, from these verses — to what lengths men may go in self-ignorance.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”
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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
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Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,