And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again,“ Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!

门徒希奇他的话。耶稣又对他们说：“小子，倚靠钱财的人进神的国是何等地难哪！

门徒对他的话非常惊奇。耶稣又对他们说：“孩子们，要进上帝的国是何等的难哪！

门徒对他的话非常惊奇。耶稣又对他们说：“孩子们，要进神的国是何等的难哪！

门徒听了感到惊奇，耶稣便再次对他们说：“孩子们，进上帝的国多么难啊！

门徒都希奇他的话，耶稣又对他们说：“孩子们哪，（有些抄本在此有“倚靠钱财的人”一句）要进神的国，是多么困难！

门徒们因这些话，就惊讶不已。耶稣又对他们说：“孩子们，进入神的国是多么困难！

門徒希奇他的話。耶穌又對他們說：「小子，倚靠錢財的人進神的國是何等地難哪！

門徒對他的話非常驚奇。耶穌又對他們說：「孩子們，要進上帝的國是何等的難哪！

門徒對他的話非常驚奇。耶穌又對他們說：「孩子們，要進神的國是何等的難哪！

門徒聽了感到驚奇，耶穌便再次對他們說：「孩子們，進上帝的國多麼難啊！

門徒都希奇他的話，耶穌又對他們說：“孩子們哪，（有些抄本在此有“倚靠錢財的人”一句）要進神的國，是多麼困難！

門徒因他的話而驚訝了。耶穌應時對他們說：『兒女們，進上帝的國，何等的難哪！

門徒們因這些話，就驚訝不已。耶穌又對他們說：「孩子們，進入神的國是多麼困難！

門徒異其言、耶穌又曰、小子、恃財者入上帝國難矣哉、

門徒異其言、耶穌曰、小子、恃財而入上帝國、難矣哉、

門徒奇其言、耶穌又曰、小子、恃財者入天主國、難矣哉、

徒異其言。耶穌又曰：『小子、人若恃其財富、而欲進天主之國、不亦難乎！

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again,“ Children, how hard it is to enter God’s kingdom!

This amazed them. But Jesus said again,“ Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God.

The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and* said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them,“ Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“ Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again,“ Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

“ See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you,‘ Where I am going you cannot come.’

“ Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Thus says the Lord:“ Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

Jesus said to them,“ Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him,“ No.”

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying,“ Who then can be saved?”

And he told them a parable, saying,“ The land of a rich man produced plentifully,and he thought to himself,‘ What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’And he said,‘ I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.And I will say to my soul,“ Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’But God said to him,‘ Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Those who heard it said,“ Then who can be saved?”But he said,“ What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,

my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!

“ If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

When many of his disciples heard it, they said,“ This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”