Luke 18:24
Good News Translation
Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!

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

Contemporary English Version
Jesus saw how sad the man was. So he said, "It's terribly hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom!

New American Bible
Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God

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

he was.

Mark 6:26 And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

2 Corinthians 7:9,10 Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful, but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing. . . .

How.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build, . . .

Deuteronomy 8:11-17 Take heed, and beware lest at any time thou forget the Lord thy God, and neglect his commandments and judgments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day: . . .

Psalm 10:3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

Psalm 73:5-12 They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men. . . .

Proverbs 11:28 He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.

Proverbs 18:11 The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.

Proverbs 30:9 Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31 See ye the word of the Lord: Am I become a wilderness to Israel, or a lateward springing land? why then have my people said: We are revolted, we will come to thee no more?

Jeremiah 5:5 I will go therefore to the great men, and will speak to them: for they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God: and behold these have altogether broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.

Matthew 19:23-25 Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Mark 10:23-27 And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! . . .

1 Corinthians 1:26,27 For see your vocation, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. . . .

1 Timothy 6:9,10 For they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition. . . .

James 2:5-7 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? . . .

James 5:1-6 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

Context
The Rich Young Ruler
23He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very rich. 24And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God 25For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.…
Cross References
Matthew 19:23
Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:23
And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:23
He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very rich.

Luke 18:23
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