Mark 10:24

Jesus repeats how hard entry is, calling the disciples "children," and warns against trusting in riches. The deeper danger is misplaced trust, not merely possessing wealth.

Cross-references · 26

• Jas 5:1–3Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Prov 11:28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
• 1 Tim 6:17Charge 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;
• Rev 3:17Because 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 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Prov 18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
• Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• Ps 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• Luke 12:16–21And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
• Hab 2:9Woe 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!
• Ps 17:14From 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.
• Ezek 28:4–5With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
• Luke 18:26–27And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
• Prov 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Zeph 1:18Neither 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.
• Job 31:24–25If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
• 1 Jn 2:1My 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:
• Ps 49:6–7They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
• Jer 9:23Thus 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:
• John 13:33Little 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.
• Matt 19:25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
• John 6:60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
• Gal 4:19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
• 1 Jn 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• John 21:5Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
• 1 Jn 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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