22 But when[a] the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven! 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich person into[b] the kingdom of God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 19:24 Some manuscripts have “to enter into”