Luke 18:24
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
In The King James Version
In Context
23and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:11'Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;
Psalms 73:5In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
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 ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, 'We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'
Matthew 19:23and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;
Mark 10:23And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, 'How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign 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 →