Matthew 19:23

Jesus tells his disciples that a rich man enters the Kingdom only with difficulty. Wealth easily becomes a snare that competes with trust in God.

Cross-references · 24

• 1 Tim 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• Matt 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• Jas 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Luke 18:24Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
• Mark 10:23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
• 1 Cor 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
• Matt 18:3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Prov 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
• Prov 30:8–9Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
• John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
• Matt 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Jas 1:9–11The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
• Luke 16:19–28Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Jas 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Luke 12:15–21And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
• Ps 49:6–7They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• Job 31:24–25If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
• Deut 8:10–18When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
• Deut 6:10–12And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
• Ps 49:16–19Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
• Luke 16:13–14No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
• Matt 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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