Luke 18:24

New International Version

Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Cross References

Psalm 10:3

He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.

Proverbs 11:28

Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Proverbs 30:9

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31

“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: “Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to you no more’?

Jeremiah 5:5

So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.” But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.

Mark 6:26

The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Luke 18:23

When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.