Mark 10:27
25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
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- BSB
- Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
- KJV
- And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
- WEB
- Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
- ASV
- Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
- DARBY
- But Jesus looking on them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.
- BLB
- Having looked on them, Jesus says, “With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things [are] possible with God.”
- ÅB
- Jesus så på dem og sa: For mennesker er det umulig, men ikke for Gud; for alt er mulig for Gud.
- OTB
- Jesus så på dem og sa, “For mennesker er det umulig, men ikke for Gud; for med Gud er alt mulig.”
- B1930
- Jesus så på dem og sa: For mennesker er det umulig, men ikke for Gud; for alt er mulig for Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Read in contextMatthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Read in contextJob 42:2
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:17
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Read in contextGenesis 18:13–14
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
Read in contextLuke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail.”
Read in contextLuke 18:27
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
Read in contextNumbers 11:21–23
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
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