Luke 18:24

saw that he was very sorrowful Several good uncials read merely -when Jesus saw him."

shall they that have riches Rather, do they. The striking reading of some MSS. (א, B, &c.) in Mark 10:24, is that Christ, seeing the pained astonishment of the disciples, said, "Children! how hard it is to enter into the kingdom of God" hard for all; above all, hard for the rich. Other MSS. have "for those that trust inriches"(comp. Proverbs 11:28) but that would be a truism; and, indeed, whilethey trust in riches, it would be not only hard, but impossible. The point that Jesus wished to teach was that riches are always a temptation and a snare. 1 Timothy 6:9-10. Let us not forget that Judas heard these words only a few days or weeks before he sold his Lord. It was almost a proverb among the ancients that "the very rich are not good." Stobaeus, xciii. 27.