Matthew Chapter 19 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 19:26

And Jesus looking upon `them' said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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BBE Matthew 19:26

And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
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DARBY Matthew 19:26

But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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KJV Matthew 19:26

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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WEB Matthew 19:26

Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
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YLT Matthew 19:26

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
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Matthew 19 : 26 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - But Jesus beheld them (ἐμβλέψας, looking upon them). He turned on his disciples a look full of earnestness, sympathy, and love, soothing their fears and claiming their full attention for a spiritual truth. With men (παρὰ ἀνθρώποις) this is impossible. Men in their own strength, relying on their own natural powers, cannot save their souls or rise superior to the snare of riches. From the entanglements occasioned by wealth, and the lowering effects of its pursuit and enjoyment, the natural man is wholly unable to extricate himself. With God all things are possible. Here is the only solution of the difficulty. With the grace of God, and embracing the calls of his providence, the rich man may be delivered from his dangers, may keep a heart unspotted, may use his wealth to God's glory and his own eternal good. So the impossibility is a conditional one, to be overcome by due recourse to the help of God and the strong hope of the future life. How a rich man may be disciplined and elevated we see in the case of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:8). Many such instances have occurred in our own days, as in all Christian times.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) Jesus beheld them.--We can surely conceive something of the expression of that look. He had gazed thus on the young ruler, and read his inner weakness. Now, in like manner, he reads that of the disciples; and the look, we may believe, tells of wonder, sorrow, tenderness, anxiety. Those feelings utter themselves in the words that follow, partly in direct teaching, partly in symbolic promises, partly in a parable.With men this is impossible.--General as the words are in their form, we cannot help feeling that they must have seemed to the disciples to have rebuked their hasty judgment, not only as to the conditions of salvation generally, but as to the individual case before them. He, the Teacher, would still hope, as against hope, for one in whom He had seen so much to love and to admire. Their wider teaching is, of course, that wealth, though bringing with it many temptations, may be so used, through God's grace, as to be a help, not a hindrance, in that deliverance from evil which is implied in the word "salvation."