Luke 18:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Jesus, observing him, said, How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Common English Bible

²⁴ When Jesus saw this, he said, “It’s very hard for the wealthy to enter God’s kingdom!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Then Jesus, seeing him brought to sorrow, said: "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:24 Cross References

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart; those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.

Proverbs 11:28

Those who trust in their riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, “We are free; we will come to you no more”?

Jeremiah 5:5

Let me go to the rich and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.

Mark 6:26

The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Luke 18:23

But when he heard this, he became sad, for he was very rich.