Mark 10:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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!›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἐθαμβοῦντο ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ. Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν ἀποκριθεὶς, λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τέκνα, πῶς δύσκολόν ἐστιν τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐπι χρήμασιν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν!

Transliteration

The de mathētai ethambunto upon the logois of him. The de Iēsous again apokritheis, legei to them, Tekna, how dyskolon it is estin for those pepoithotas upon chrēmasin into the basileian of the Theou to eiselthein!

Grammar Details

• *mathētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - disciples
• *ethambunto*: imperfect passive, 3rd plural - were amazed/astonished
• *logois*: dative, masculine, plural - words/sayings
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *apokritheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *legei*: present active, 3rd singular - says/tells
• *Tekna*: vocative, neuter, plural - children
• *dyskolon*: nominative/accusative, neuter, singular - difficult/hard
• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *pepoithotas*: perfect active participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having trusted/relied on
• *chrēmasin*: dative, neuter, plural - riches/money/wealth
• *basileian*: accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *eiselthein*: aorist active infinitive - to enter/go in

Word Meanings

• *mathētai*: disciples/students/learners
• *ethambunto*: were amazed/astonished/shocked
• *logois*: words/sayings/messages
• *pepoithotas*: those trusting in/relying on/having confidence in
• *chrēmasin*: riches/money/wealth/possessions
• *basileian*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *eiselthein*: to enter/go in/come into

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:28 : 28 ¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• John 13:33 : 33 ‹Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.›
• John 21:5 : 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, ‹Children, have ye any meat?› They answered him, No.
• Gal 4:19 : 19 ¶ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 ¶ Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 ¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 John 4:4 : 4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
• Rev 3:17 : 17 ‹Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:›
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 ¶ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Prov 18:11 : 11 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
• Ezek 28:4-5 : 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
• Matt 19:25 : 25 When his disciples heard [it], they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
• Luke 12:16-21 : 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:› 17 ‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?› 18 ‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.› 19 ‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.› 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?› 21 ‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• Luke 18:26-27 : 26 And they that heard [it] said, Who then can be saved? 27 And he said, ‹The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.›
• John 6:60 : 60 ¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?