Mark 10:27

George Lamsa Translation

Jesus looked at them, and said to them, With men this is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible,

King James Version (1611)
And Iesus looking vpon them, saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

King James Version
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

English Standard Version
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

New American Standard Bible
Looking at them, Jesus said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

New Century Version
Jesus looked at them and said, "For people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

Amplified Bible
Looking at them, Jesus said, "With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Looking at them, Jesus said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

Legacy Standard Bible
Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus looked at them and said, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua looked at them and said, "Humanly, it is impossible, but not with God; with God, everything is possible."

Darby Translation
But Jesus looking on them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus looked at them and said, "That is something people cannot do, but God can. He can do anything."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But Iesus looked vpon them, & sayd, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Good News Translation
Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings but not for God; everything is possible for God."

Lexham English Bible
Jesus looked at them and said, "With human beings it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

Literal Translation
But looking at them, Jesus said, From men it is impossible, but not from God. For all things are possible from God.

American Standard Version
Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

International Standard Version
Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God."Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu beheld them and said to them, With the sons of men this is not possible, but with Aloha: for every thing is possible with Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus looked on them again, and said to them: With men, this is not possible, but with God [fn] ; for with God all things are possible.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus loked vpon them, & sayde: with men it is vnpossible, but not with God: for with God all thynges are possible.

English Revised Version
Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

World English Bible
Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus looking upon them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God, for with God all things are possible.

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus bihelde hem, and seide, Anentis men it is impossible, but not anentis God; for alle thingis ben possible anentis God.

Update Bible Version
Jesus looking on them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus looking upon them, saith, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

New English Translation
Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God."

New King James Version
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible."

New Living Translation
Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God."

New Life Bible
Jesus looked at them and said, "This cannot be done by men but God can do anything."

New Revised Standard
Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Looking at them, Jesus saith - With men, impossible, but not, with God; for, all things, are possible, with God

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus looking on them, saith with men it is impossible; but not with God. For all things are possible with God.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus loked vpon them and sayde: with men it is vnpossible but not with God: for with God all thynges are possible.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iesus behelde them, and sayde: With men it is vnpossyble, but not with God: for with God all thinges are possyble.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus casting his eye upon them, said, what is impossible to men, is not so to God; for to God all things are possible.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus was blunt: "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you let God do it."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus turned to them and said, "A cowboy who thinks he can get there on his own will never make it, but a cowboy who trusts in God and God alone will never miss the gate . . . or anything else."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ While he was on the way, a man came ran up and fell on his knees and he asked him, saying, O good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit life eternal? ¹⁸ Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? There is no one who is good, except the one God. ¹⁹ You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not murder, Do not bear false witness, Do not oppress, Honor your father and mother. ²⁰ But he answered and said to him, Teacher, all of these I have obeyed from my boyhood. ²¹ Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, You lack one thing; go, sell everything you have, and give it to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven; and take up your cross and follow me. ²² But he felt sad because of this saying, and he went away depressed; for he had great wealth. ²³ Then Jesus looked at his disciples and said to them, How hard it is for those who have wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁴ But the disciples were surprised at his words. And Jesus answered again and said to them, My sons, how hard it is for those who trust in their wealth, to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a rope to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶ But they were the more surprised, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

With men: Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:14, Numbers 11:21-23, 2 Kings 7:2, Zechariah 8:6, Matthew 19:26, Luke 18:27

for: Job 42:2, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 1:37, Philippians 3:21, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 11:19

Reciprocal: Mark 12:24 - neither Mark 14:36 - all

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families and their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, and Sheba,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus, looking upon them,.... And by their countenances saw the surprise and anxiety of mind they were in, as well as by his omniscience, knew their private reasonings among themselves:

saith, with men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible; even to reduce a camel to so small a size, as to go through the eye of a needle; and to work upon a rich man's heart, so as to take him off of his trust and confidence in his worldly riches, and bring him to a compliance with his will, and into his kingdom; and also to protect, and save his poor and mean followers, notwithstanding all the difficulties, dangers, and oppositions they meet with; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16-30.

Mark 10:17

Gone forth - From the place where he had been teaching.

Into the way - Into the road or path on his journey.

Running - Thus showing the intensity with which he desired to know the way of life. Zeal to know the way to be saved is proper, nor is it possible that it should be too intense if well directed. Nothing else is so important, and nothing demands, therefore, so much effort and haste.

Mark 10:19

Defraud not - Do not take away your neighbor’s property by fraud or dishonesty. To “cheat” or “defraud,” supposes a covetous desire of a neighbor’s property, and is usually attended with “falsehood” or “false witness” against a neighbor in obtaining it. It is thus a violation of the ninth and tenth commandments; and our Saviour very properly, therefore, “condensed the two,” and expressed their substance in this - not to defraud. It is, besides, expressly forbidden in Leviticus 19:13; “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor.”

Mark 10:21

Jesus beholding him, loved him - What occurred afterward showed that the young man did not love the Saviour, or was not a true disciple; so that this expression denotes simply natural affection, or means that Jesus was pleased with his amiableness, his morality, and his “external” regard for the law of God. At the same time, this was entirely consistent with deep sorrow that he would not give his heart to God, and with deep abhorrence of such a love of the world as to blind the mind to the beauty of true religion, and to lead to the rejection of the Messiah and the destruction of the soul.

One thing thou lackest - When the young man came to Jesus he asked him, “What lack I yet?” Matthew 19:20. This “question” Mark has omitted, but he has retained the “answer.” The answer means, there is “one thing” yet wanting. Though all that you have said should be “true,” yet, to make the system complete, or to show that you “really” are disposed to keep the commands of God, go and sell your property. See whether you love “God” more than you do your “wealth.” By doing that you will show that your love of God is supreme; that your obedience is not merely “external” and “formal,” but “sincere” and “real;” the thing now “lacking” will be made up.

Mark 10:24

Children - An expression of affection, perhaps also implying a reproof that their slowness of understanding was like that of children. When they should have seen at once the truth of what he said, they were slow to learn it. It became necessary, therefore, to “repeat” what he had said.

How hard - With how much difficulty.

Mark 10:26

Out of measure - Very much, or exceedingly. The Greek means no more than this.

Mark 10:30

An hundred-fold - One hundred times as much.

In this time - In this life. In the time that he forsakes all.

Houses ... - This cannot be taken literally, as promising a hundred times as many “mothers, sisters,” etc. It means, evidently, that the loss shall be a hundred times “compensated” or made up; or that, in the possession of religion, we have a hundred times the “value” of all we forsake. This consists in the pardon of sin, in the favor of God, in peace of conscience, in support in trials and in death, and in raising up “friends” in the place of those who are left - “spiritual brethren, and sisters, and mothers,” etc. And this corresponds to the experience of all who ever became Christians. At the same time. it is true that godliness is profitable “for all things,” having the promise of the life that is, as well as of that which is to come. See the notes at 1 Timothy 4:8. “The favor of God” is the security for every blessing. Obedience to his law secures industry, temperance, chastity, economy, prudence, health, and the confidence of the world - all indispensable to success in life, and all connected. commonly, with success. Though the wicked “sometimes” prosper, yet the “surest” way of prosperity is to fear God and keep his commandments. Thus will all “needed” blessings descend on us “here,” and “eternal” blessings hereafter.

With persecutions - Persecutions, or the contempt of the world, and bodily sufferings on account of their religion, they “must” meet. Jesus did not conceal this; but he consoled them. He assured them that “amid” these, or perhaps it should be rendered “after” these, they should find friends and comfort. It is well to bear trial if “God” be our Friend. With the promises of the Bible in our hand, we may hail persecutions, and thank God that, amid so many sorrows, he has furnished such abundant consolations.