Mark 10:23
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Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Read Mark 10:23 Using Other Translations
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples,How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!”
What does Mark 10:23 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Mark 10:23
And Jesus looked round about
To see what effect the discourse he had with the young man, and
the consequence of it, had upon his disciples; as also to raise
their attention to what he was about, to say:
and saith unto his disciples, how hardly shall they that
have riches
enter into the kingdom of God!
the Gospel dispensation, by embracing the doctrines, and
submitting to the ordinances of it; (See Gill on Matthew
19:23).
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