Matthew 19:25

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly amazed, saying, “Who then can [possibly] be saved?”

Cross References

Romans 10:13

For [Joel 2:32 says], “Every person who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” [i.e., whoever appeals to God through obedient faith in Christ]

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been as short as they were no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God’s people], those days will be short.

Mark 13:20

And if the Lord had not kept those days as short as they were, no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God’s people], whom He chose, He kept those days short.

Matthew 19:24

And again I tell you, it is [actually] easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 19:26

Jesus looked at them and said, “This would be impossible with men, but everything is possible with God.”