Luke 18:27

THE MESSAGE

"No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

King James Version (1611)
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.

King James Version
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

English Standard Version
But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."

New American Standard Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "The things impossible for people are possible for God."

Amplified Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

Legacy Standard Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."

Complete Jewish Bible
He said, "What is impossible humanly is possible with God."

Darby Translation
But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "God can do things that are not possible for people to do."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.

George Lamsa Translation
But Jesus said, Those things which are impossible to men are possible to God.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "What is humanly impossible is possible for God."

Lexham English Bible
But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

Literal Translation
But He said, The things impossible with men are possible with God.

American Standard Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Bible in Basic English
But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

Hebrew Names Version
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu said, Those (things) which with the sons of men are not possible, with Aloha are possible to be done.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said: Those things which, with men, cannot be, with God, can be.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde: The thynges which are vnpossible wih men, are possible with God.

English Revised Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

World English Bible
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, The things impossible with men, are possible with God.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Things impossible with man," He replied, "are possible with God."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben impossible anentis men, ben possible anentis God.

Update Bible Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he said, The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God.

New English Translation
He replied, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God."

New King James Version
But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

New Living Translation
He replied, "What is impossible for people is possible with God."

New Life Bible
Jesus said, "God can do things men cannot do."

New Revised Standard
He replied, "What is impossible for mortals is possible for God."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, said - The things impossible with men, are, possible with God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

Revised Standard Version
But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde: Thinges which are vnpossible with men are possible with God.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he sayde: loke what is vnpossible with me, is possible with God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answer'd, by divine assistance men may do that which would be otherwise impossible.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "It is impossible for man to get in on his own, but all things are possible with God."

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ One day one of the local officials asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to deserve eternal life?" ¹⁹Jesus said, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good—only God. You know the commandments, don't you? No illicit sex, no killing, no stealing, no lying, honor your father and mother." ²¹ He said, "I've kept them all for as long as I can remember." ²² When Jesus heard that, he said, "Then there's only one thing left to do: Sell everything you own and give it away to the poor. You will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me." ²³ This was the last thing the official expected to hear. He was very rich and became terribly sad. He was holding on tight to a lot of things and not about to let them go. ²⁴Seeing his reaction, Jesus said, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who have it all to enter God's kingdom? I'd say it's easier to thread a camel through a needle's eye than get a rich person into God's kingdom." ²⁶ "Then who has any chance at all?" the others asked. ²⁷ "No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it." ²⁸ Peter tried to regain some initiative: "We left everything we owned and followed you, didn't we?" ²⁹"Yes," said Jesus, "and you won't regret it. No one who has sacrificed home, spouse, brothers and sisters, parents, children—whatever—will lose out. It will all come back multiplied many times over in your lifetime. And then the bonus of eternal life!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 1:37, Genesis 18:14, Job 42:2, Jeremiah 32:17, Daniel 4:35, Zechariah 8:6, Matthew 19:26, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:4-10

Reciprocal: Matthew 17:20 - nothing Mark 10:24 - astonished Mark 10:27 - With men Acts 26:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.

Genesis 18:6
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. He said, "Hurry. Get three cups of our best flour; knead it and make bread."

Genesis 18:30
He said, "Master, don't be irritated with me, but what if only thirty are found?" "No, I won't do it if I find thirty."

Genesis 18:32
He wouldn't quit, "Don't get angry, Master—this is the last time. What if you only come up with ten?" "For the sake of only ten, I won't destroy the city."

Psalms 144:3
I wonder why you care, God — why do you bother with us at all? All we are is a puff of air; we're like shadows in a campfire.

Isaiah 64:8
Still, God , you are our Father. We're the clay and you're our potter: All of us are what you made us. Don't be too angry with us, O God . Don't keep a permanent account of wrongdoing. Keep in mind, please, we are your people—all of us. Your holy cities are all ghost towns: Zion's a ghost town, Jerusalem's a field of weeds. Our holy and beautiful Temple, which our ancestors filled with your praises, Was burned down by fire, all our lovely parks and gardens in ruins. In the face of all this, are you going to sit there unmoved, God ? Aren't you going to say something? Haven't you made us miserable long enough?

Luke 5:8
Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell to his knees before Jesus. "Master, leave. I'm a sinner and can't handle this holiness. Leave me to myself." When they pulled in that catch of fish, awe overwhelmed Simon and everyone with him. It was the same with James and John, Zebedee's sons, coworkers with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "There is nothing to fear. From now on you'll be fishing for men and women." They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him. One day in one of the villages there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus he fell down before him in prayer and said, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." Jesus put out his hand, touched him, and said, "I want to. Be clean." Then and there his skin was smooth, the leprosy gone. Jesus instructed him, "Don't talk about this all over town. Just quietly present your healed self to the priest, along with the offering ordered by Moses. Your cleansed and obedient life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done." But the man couldn't keep it to himself, and the word got out. Soon a large crowd of people had gathered to listen and be healed of their ailments. As often as possible Jesus withdrew to out-of-the-way places for prayer. One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and religion teachers were sitting around. They had come from nearly every village in Galilee and Judea, even as far away as Jerusalem, to be there. The healing power of God was on him. Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus. When they couldn't find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle of everyone, right in front of Jesus. Impressed by their bold belief, he said, "Friend, I forgive your sins." That set the religion scholars and Pharisees buzzing. "Who does he think he is? That's blasphemous talk! God and only God can forgive sins." Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking and said, "Why all this gossipy whispering? Which is simpler: to say ‘I forgive your sins,' or to say ‘Get up and start walking'? Well, just so it's clear that I'm the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both...." He now spoke directly to the paraplegic: "Get up. Take your bedroll and go home." Without a moment's hesitation, he did it—got up, took his blanket, and left for home, giving glory to God all the way. The people rubbed their eyes, incredulous—and then also gave glory to God. Awestruck, they said, "We've never seen anything like that!" After this he went out and saw a man named Levi at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, "Come along with me." And he did—walked away from everything and went with him. Levi gave a large dinner at his home for Jesus. Everybody was there, tax men and other disreputable characters as guests at the dinner. The Pharisees and their religion scholars came to his disciples greatly offended. "What is he doing eating and drinking with crooks and ‘sinners'?" Jesus heard about it and spoke up, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I'm here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out." They asked him, "John's disciples are well-known for keeping fasts and saying prayers. Also the Pharisees. But you seem to spend most of your time at parties. Why?" Jesus said, "When you're celebrating a wedding, you don't skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull in your belt, but this isn't the time. As long as the bride and groom are with you, you have a good time. When the groom is gone, the fasting can begin. No one throws cold water on a friendly bonfire. This is Kingdom Come! "No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match. And you don't put wine in old, cracked bottles; you get strong, clean bottles for your fresh vintage wine. And no one who has ever tasted fine aged wine prefers unaged wine."

Luke 18:1
Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit. He said, "There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it:

the things which are impossible with men, are possible with God;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30.