²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

¹⁷ Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

⁵ Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `Lads, have ye any meat?'

³³ `Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews -- Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say `it' now.

²⁸ Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

⁷ `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

⁶⁰ many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'

¹⁹ my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,

¹ Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon `you';

² your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

³ your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

⁴ Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who `is' in you, than he who is in the world.

²¹ Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

¹⁷ because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

²⁶ And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?'

²⁷ and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

¹⁴ And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

¹⁴ From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion `is' in life, And `with' Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied `with' sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

⁷ A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

¹¹ The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

⁵ For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

²³ Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

⁴ By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.

⁵ By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.

⁹ Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

¹⁸ Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!

²⁵ And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?'

¹⁶ And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

¹⁷ and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

¹⁸ and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

²¹ so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'

²⁵ If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,