Mark 10:24

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Summary

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Astonished

Matthew 19:25

Luke 18:26

John 6:60

Children

Trust

General references

Job 31:24

Bible References

Astonished

And when the disciples heard it they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

And those who heard it said, And who can be saved?

Many therefore of his disciples having heard it said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

Children

Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.

Jesus therefore says to them, Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him, No.

my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:

My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Children, keep yourselves from idols.

Trust

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children.

They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...

Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:

by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!

their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.

And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

General references

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!