NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Mark 10:23

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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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Mark 10:20–26

20

He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”

21

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

22

But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

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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!”

24

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

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It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

26

They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”

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