Luke 18:24 Cross References - AUV

²⁴ Now Jesus looked at him and said, “How difficult [it is] for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

²³ Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ And again I tell you, it is [actually] easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” ²⁵ When the disciples heard this, they were utterly amazed, saying, “Who then can [possibly] be saved?”

²⁶ And the king became very distressed [over such a gruesome request], but because he had promised her with oaths, and [to keep from looking bad] in front of his party guests, he did not refuse her [request].

²³ Then Jesus looked around Him and said to His disciples, “How difficult it is for rich people to enter the kingdom of God ” ²⁴ And His disciples were amazed at what He said. But Jesus spoke to them again and said, “How difficult it is [for anyone] to enter the kingdom of God ²⁵ It is [actually] easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ And they were utterly amazed and said to Him, “Then who can [possibly] be saved?” ²⁷ Jesus looked at them and said, “This would be impossible with men, but not with God, for everything is possible with God.”

²⁶ Now consider how you were when you were called, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were from prominent families. ²⁷ But God chose what the world considers foolish [i.e., people with little apparent ability], in order to shame the “wise people.” And He chose what the world considers weak in order to shame what it considers strong.

⁹ Now I am glad, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repent. For you were made sorry from a godly motive, so were not harmed by us in any way. ¹⁰ For the sorrow that God desires produces repentance [i.e., a change of heart and life] that leads to salvation, and which brings no regrets. But the sorrow of the world [i.e., sorrow for wrongdoing for reasons unrelated to God or moral principles] produces [spiritual] death.

⁹ But those people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and [spiritual] destruction. ¹⁰ For, loving money is a source of all kinds of evil, [and] some people who crave it have been led astray from the faith, and have stabbed themselves [in the heart] with many sorrows.

⁵ Listen, my dearly loved brothers; did not God choose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be wealthy in faith and to inherit the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? ⁶ But you people have dishonored the poor person. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you to court? ⁷ Do they not speak against the honorable name by which you are called? [i.e., the name “Christ” or “Christian”].

¹ Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your wealth has rotted and moths have eaten your clothing. ³ Your gold and silver have tarnished and their tarnish will be a testimony against you [i.e., you have hoarded your wealth instead of using it to benefit others], and they will devour your flesh as fire [i.e., your riches will ultimately consume you]. You have hoarded up your riches in these last days. ⁴ Look, the wages you have fraudulently refused to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out [against you]. And the cries of these harvest hands have reached the ears of the Lord of [heavenly] armies [i.e., Almighty God]. ⁵ You people have basked in luxury [here] on earth and lived lives devoted to pleasure. You have fattened yourselves [as sacrificial oxen] for the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.