23 After he heard this, he became extremely sad,(A) because he was very rich.

Possessions and the Kingdom

24 Seeing that he became sad,[a] Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:24 Other mss omit he became sad

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