Luke 18:24
And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, “How hardly will those having riches enter into the Kingdom of God!
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In Context
23and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:11Take heed to yourself lest you forget your God YHWH so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding you today;
Psalms 73:5They are not in the misery of mortals, || And they are not plagued with common men.
Proverbs 18:11The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, || And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
Jeremiah 2:31O generation, see the word of YHWH: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Why have My people said, || We wandered freely, || We do not come to You again.
Matthew 19:23and Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you that hardly will a rich man enter into the kingdom of the heavens;
Mark 10:23And Jesus having looked around, says to His disciples, “How hardly will they who have riches enter into the Kingdom of God!”
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:19-31
Riches a Spiritual Hindrance. 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that… Read the whole commentary →