Luke 18:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον, εἶπεν, Πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ!

Transliteration

Idōn de him the Iēsous perilypon genomenon, eipen, How dyskolōs the ones the chrēmata echontes eiseleusontai into the basileian of-the Theou!

Grammar Details

• *Idōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having seen
• *de*: conjunction, adversative/transitional - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *perilypon*: accusative masculine singular - very sorrowful
• *genomenon*: aorist middle participle, accusative masculine singular - having become
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *dyskolōs*: adverb - with difficulty
• *chrēmata*: accusative neuter plural - riches/money
• *echontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - having
• *eiseleusontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - will enter
• *basileian*: accusative feminine singular - kingdom
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *Idōn*: having seen/when he saw
• *perilypon*: very sorrowful/deeply grieved
• *genomenon*: having become/became
• *dyskolōs*: with difficulty/hardly
• *chrēmata*: riches/money/wealth
• *echontes*: having/possessing
• *eiseleusontai*: will enter/will go in
• *basileian*: kingdom/reign/rule

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:28 : 28 The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
• Prov 18:11 : 11 The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
• Prov 30:9 : 9 lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say,“Who is the LORD?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
• Jer 5:5 : 5 I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the LORD demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them.” Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.
• Matt 19:23-25 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.” 25 The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said,“Then who can be saved?”
• Mark 6:26 : 26 Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.
• Mark 10:23-27 : 23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 They were even more astonished and said to one another,“Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus looked at them and replied,“This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”
• 1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.
• 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. 10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
• Jas 2:5-7 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?
• Jas 5:1-6 : 1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten. 3 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! 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill, 12 be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.
• Deut 8:11-17 : 11 Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. 12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery, 15 and who brought you through the great, fearful wilderness of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and 16 fed you in the wilderness with manna(which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you. 17 Be careful not to say,“My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”
• Ps 10:3 : 3 Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.
• Ps 73:5-9 : 5 They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do. 6 Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing. 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful. 8 They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence. 9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth. 10 Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea. 11 They say,“How does God know what we do? Is the Most High aware of what goes on?” 12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.