Verse 24
Luke 18:24
Bible in Basic English
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And Yashua (Jesus), looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God (Elohim)!
Original Language Text
greek
Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ⸀Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες ⸂εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσπορεύονται⸃·
English Translation
And Jesus, seeing him, said: How hard it is for those who have money to enter the kingdom of God.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not ge...
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Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God (Elohim) or respect for man:
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And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right again...
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And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God (Elohim) or...
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Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely t...
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And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.
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And will not God (Elohim) do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his...
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I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there...
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And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion o...
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Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
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The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God (Elohim), I give you praise b...
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Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
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The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, mad...
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I say to you, This man went back to his house with God (Elohim)'s approval, and not the other: for e...
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And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples...
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But Yashua (Jesus) sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, fo...
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Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God (Elohim) like a little chi...
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And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have...
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And Yashua (Jesus) said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God (Elohim)...
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You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death,...
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And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.
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And Yashua (Jesus), hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your go...
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But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.
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And Yashua (Jesus), looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the k...
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It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to co...
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And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?
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But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God (Elohim).
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And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.
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And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers...
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Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.
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And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the thin...
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For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:
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And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
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But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, an...
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And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the r...
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And hearing the sound of a great number of people going by, he said, What is this?
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And they said to him, Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth is going by.
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And he said in a loud voice, Yashua (Jesus), Son of David, have mercy on me.
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And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son...
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And Yashua (Jesus), stopping, gave orders that he was to come to him, and when he came near, he said...
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What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.
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And Yashua (Jesus) said, See again: your faith has made you well.
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And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God (Elohim); and all t...
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