Mar 10:23-31, Luk 18:24-30 | ISV | STEP | Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!”

Mark 10:23-31

23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!”Matt 19:23; Luke 18:24 24 The disciples were startled by these words, but Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth ^{▼▼Other mss. lack for those who trust in their wealth} to get into the kingdom of God!Job 31:24; Ps 52:7; 62:10; 1Tim 6:17 25 It is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

26 They were utterly amazed and said to one another, ^{▼▼Other mss. read to him} “Then who can be saved?”

27 Jesus looked at them intently and said, “For humans it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.”Jer 32:17; Matt 19:26; Luke 1:37

28 Then Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.”Matt 19:27; Luke 18:28

29 Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel 30 who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecutions—as well as eternal life in the age to come.2Chr 25:9; Luke 18:30 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”Matt 19:30; 20:16; Luke 13:30

Luke 18:24-30

24 So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he ^{▼▼Other mss. read So Jesus looked at him and} said, “How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!Prov 11:28; Matt 19:23; Mark 10:23 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

26 Those who heard him said, “Then who can be saved?”

27 Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} replied, “The things that are impossible for people are possible for God.”Jer 32:17; Zech 8:6; Matt 19:26; Luke 1:37

28 Then Peter said, “See, we have left everything we have and followed you.”Matt 19:27

29 Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. He} said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of GodDeut 33:9 30 who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come.”Job 42:10