Mark 10:27
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
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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 there any thing too hard for me?
Read in contextMatthew 19:26
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Read in contextJob 42:2
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:17
Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Read in contextGenesis 18:13–14
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Read in contextLuke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Read in contextLuke 18:27
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Read in contextNumbers 11:21–23
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
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