Mat 19:23 | HCSB | STEP | Then Jesus said to His disciples , “ I assure you : It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven !

Matthew 19:23

Possessions and the Kingdom

23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “ ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! ^b