Possessions and the Kingdom

²³ Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.^(A)

Possessions and the Kingdom

²³ Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth^(A) to enter the kingdom of God! ’^(B)

⁹ But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root^[a] of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith^(A) and pierced themselves with many griefs.

¹⁰ because Demas^(A) has deserted me,^(B) since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica.^(C) Crescens has gone to Galatia,^(D) Titus^(E) to Dalmatia.