Mat 19:23-26, Luk 18:24, 19:14, Act 4:26-27, Jam 2:5-7 | ESV | STEP | And Jesus said to his disciples , Truly , I say to you , only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven .

Matthew 19:23-26

23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, ^aonly with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 ^bAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^cthe kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus ^dlooked at them and said, ^e“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Luke 18:24

24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, ^f“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter ^gthe kingdom of God!

Luke 19:14

14 But ^hhis citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

Acts 4:26-27

26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ⁱthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^jAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^lholy servant Jesus, ^mwhom you anointed, both ⁿHerod and ^oPontius Pilate, along ^pwith the Gentiles and ^qthe peoples of Israel,

James 2:5-7

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, ^rhas not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ^srich in faith and heirs of ^tthe kingdom, ^uwhich he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you ^vhave dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who ^wdrag you ^xinto court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable ^yname by which you were called?