Luke 18:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁴ And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into 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 boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

Proverbs 11:28

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Proverbs 18:11

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

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

Jeremiah 5:5

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of the LORD, and the judgement of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bands.

Mark 6:26

And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

Luke 18:23

But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.