New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 10:23
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Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
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¶ And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
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Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!”
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And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
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And having looked around, Jesus says to His disciples, “How difficultly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!”
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Mark 10
21 Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
22 But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
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