The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“ Children, how hard 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!

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!

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 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!

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

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth- eaten.Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

“ Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

Because you say,“ I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘ Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

The LORD says,“ Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

The Pharisees( who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

So Jesus said to them,“ Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied,“ No.”

The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said,“ Then who can be saved?”

He then told them a parable:“ The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,so he thought to himself,‘ What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’Then he said,‘ I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.And I will say to myself,“ You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Those who heard this said,“ Then who can be saved?”He replied,“ What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God.”

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

“ If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security!’if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said,“ This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”