Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

New American Standard Bible

And Jesus looked at him and said, How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

International Standard Version

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

A Conservative Version

And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

An Understandable Version

Now Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult [it is] for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

Anderson New Testament

When Jesus saw that he was very sad, he said: How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Bible in Basic English

And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

Common New Testament

Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Daniel Mace New Testament

Jesus perceiving him so very dejected, said, how difficult is it for those, who have riches, to enter into the kingdom of God!

Darby Translation

But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;

Godbey New Testament

Jesus seeing him said, How hardly will those having riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Goodspeed New Testament

And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God!

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Jesus having seen him being sorely grieved, said, With how much difficulty shall they having possessions come into the kingdom of God!

King James 2000

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When Jesus saw him mourn, he said, "With what difficulty shall they that have riches, enter into the kingdom of God:

Moffatt New Testament

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

Montgomery New Testament

Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

NET Bible

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

New Heart English Bible

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God.

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

And Jesus seeing him, said, With what difficulty do those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

The Emphasized Bible

And Jesus, beholding him, said - With what difficulty, shall, they who have money, enter, into the kingdom of God.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then Jesus, observing that he was very sorrowful, said, How difficultly shall they who have riches, enter into the kingdom of God!

Twentieth Century New Testament

Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples: "How hard it is for men of wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Jesus saw his sorrow, and said, "With how hard a struggle do the possessors of riches ever enter the Kingdom of God!

Williams New Testament

So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!

World English Bible

Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

Worrell New Testament

And Jesus, seeing him, said, "With what difficulty do those having riches enter into the Kingdom of God!

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, 'How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And when
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

he

Usage: 0

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

περίλυπος 
Perilupos 
Usage: 3

he said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

How
πῶς 
Pos 
Usage: 65

δυσκόλως 
Duskolos 
Usage: 0

εἰσέρχομαι 
Eiserchomai 
enter, go, come in, go in, enter in, come, arise
Usage: 120


which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

χρῆμα 
Chrema 
Usage: 4

εἰσέρχομαι 
Eiserchomai 
enter, go, come in, go in, enter in, come, arise
Usage: 120

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the kingdom
βασιλεία 
Basileia 
Usage: 54

References

Fausets

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Context Readings

A Rich Young Man

23 But [when he] heard these [things] he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy. 24 And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than [for] a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.


Cross References

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his wealth [is] he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

"And then it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God will bring you to the land that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you large and fine cities that you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:11-17

"Take care for yourself so that you not forget Yahweh your God [by] not keeping his commandments and his regulations and his statutes that I [am] commanding you {today},

Psalm 10:3

for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.

Psalm 73:5-12

They do not have {ordinary trouble}, and they are not plagued as [other] people.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich [is] {his strong city}, and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.

Proverbs 30:9

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, you see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We roam about freely, we will not come again to you'?

Jeremiah 5:5

Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law of their God." However, they together have broken [the] yoke, they have torn to pieces [the] bonds.

Matthew 19:23-25

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven!

Mark 6:26

And [although he] was deeply grieved, the king, because of his oaths and {dinner guests}, did not want to refuse her.

Mark 10:23-27

And Jesus looked around [and] said to his disciples, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!"

1 Corinthians 1:26-27

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

2 Corinthians 7:9-10

now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to [the will of] God, so that you suffered loss in no way through us.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.

James 2:5-7

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

James 5:1-6

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

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