- Mark 10:24
Mark 10:24
(KJV) 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!
(1611 KJV) And the disciples were astonished at his words. But
Iesus answereth againe, and saith vnto them, Children, how hard is it
for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of
God?
(1526 Tyndale) And his disciples were astonneyd at his wordes.
But Iesus answered agayne and sayde vnto them: chyldre how harde is it
for them that trust in riches to entre in to the kyngdome
of God.
(1384 Wycliffe) And the disciplis weren astonyed in hise wordis. And
Jhesus eftsoone answeride, and seide `to hem, Ye litle children, hou
hard it is for men that tristen in ritchessis to entre in
to the kyngdom of God.
(NIV) The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
(NASB) The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again
and said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
(THE MESSAGE) The disciples couldn't believe what they were hearing, but
Jesus kept on: "You can't imagine how difficult.
(NLT) This amazed them. But Jesus said again, "Dear children, it is very
hard to get into the Kingdom of God.
(ESV) 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!
(CEV) The disciples were shocked to hear this. So Jesus told them again,
"It's terribly hard to get into God's kingdom!
(HCSB) But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said
to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
(TNIV) The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
(NCV) The followers were amazed at what Jesus said. But he said again,
"My children, it is very hard to enter the kingdom of God!
(RSV) And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them
again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
(NAB-Roman Catholic) The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus
again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the
kingdom of God!
(NWT- Jehovah’s Witnesses) But the disciples gave way to surprise at his
words. In response Jesus again said to them: “Children, how difficult a
thing it is to enter into the kingdom of God!
Textus Receptus
oi de maqhtai eqambounto epi toiV logoiV
autou o de ihsouV palin apokriqeiV legei autoiV tekna pwV duskolon estin
touV pepoiqotaV epi toiV crhmasin eiV thn basileian tou
qeou eiselqein
Hort-Westcott
oi de maqhtai eqambounto epi toiV
logoiV autou o de ihsouV palin apokriqeiV legei autoiV tekna pwV
duskolon estin eiV thn basileian tou qeou eiselqein
Corrupted Manuscripts
This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Fourth century
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
037 - Ninth Century
Affected Teaching
Jesus is giving a discourse concerning riches and the Kingdom of Heaven.
He is basically teaching His disciples that those who own much riches
rarely ever give a thought to spiritual things because their thoughts
are how they can make more money. So Jesus tells His disciples that
those who trust in riches will have a harder time entering into the
Kingdom of Heaven. Now it is not that a rich man cannot become saved
because there have been many rich men who have become saved.
(Mark 10:27 KJV) And Jesus looking upon
them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God
all things are possible. The lesson that Jesus
is giving is that those who are rich concern themselves with riches and
not with the fact of their mortality.
Today’s verse has been so mutilated that the modern versions are
actually teaching that it is hard to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The
omission can be taken to mean that one must work very hard to get into
Heaven. The way the modern versions are wording this verse is that they
are teaching a works gospel. There is no such thing as working our way
to Heaven. Our salvation was given to us by Free Grace and if we attempt
to add works, then we are adulterating the Grace of God in salvation. Of
course the disciples would be astonished to hear that it is hard to get
into Heaven because if it would be by works, then who could get in? The
answer would be nobody could unless it was by the Grace of God.
This verse would play perfectly into religions like Roman Catholicism
who require that their adherents partake in works to satisfy the
church’s requirement for salvation and if that is not bad enough, when
they die they have to go to Purgatory for many years. So according to
Roman Catholicism, it is hard to get into Heaven. All one has to do is
read about the Monastic Life of Roman Catholic Orders and you will read
the impossibility to attain Heaven by their requirements. Once again the
King James Bible gives us a clear picture about what is in view and does
not lead us into an erroneous direction. This is definitely a matter of
affecting the doctrine of salvation, yet the modern version proponents
claim modern versions do not attack doctrine. Yeah right, and Japan
didn’t attack Pearl Harbor either.
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