²³ And Jesus ^(A)looked around and said to his disciples, ^(B)“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ^(C)the kingdom of God!”

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers: ^(A)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,^[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers, ^(A)has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ^(B)rich in faith and heirs of ^(C)the kingdom, ^(D)which he has promised to those who love him?

²⁴ Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, ^(A)“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter ^(B)the kingdom of God!

⁵ And he ^(A)looked around at them with anger, grieved at ^(B)their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” ^(C)He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

¹¹ For in this way there will be richly provided for you ^(A)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

^4 (A)You adulterous people!^[a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^(B)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

⁵ Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^(A)of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

^15 (A)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not ^(B)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

³² And he looked around to see who had done it.