24Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!


In Context

21 "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.

22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.

24 Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

26 Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"

Luke 18:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly will they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, |How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:24And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, 'How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!