24 And his disciples were afraid at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God!

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[a]Hearken my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the [b]poor of this world, that they should be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:5 He showeth that they are perverse and naughty Judges, which prefer the rich before the poor, by that that God on the contrary side preferreth the poor, whom he hath enriched with true riches, before the rich.
  2. James 2:5 The needy and wretched, and (if we measure it after the opinion of the world) the veriest abjects of all men.

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