Mar 10:24 Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches...
Mar 10:24 Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Alternative: Children! In a certain way, those persuaded by property are hard to please going into the universal rule.
When Christ repeats an idea, we look more closely at the changes he makes. This is the only time Christ calls his followers, "children." This is in reaction to their surprise at his saying that those with property would be discontented entering into the kingdom of God (see previous verse). He sees their assumption, that everyone would be happy coming under God's rule, as childish.
Christ clarifies his meaning by replacing this the phrase "those having property: with the phrase "those persuaded by property." )The word translated here as "trust" actually means "persuaded.") So simply having property isn't the problem but being persuaded by it makes people hard to please and hard to satsify.
"Children" is from teknon (teknon), which means "that which is born," "child," and "the young."
"How" is from pôs (pos), which means "in any way," "at all," "by any mean," "in a certain way,"and "I suppose."
"hard" is from duskolos (dyskolos), which means "hard to satisfy with food," "hard to please," "discontented," "fretful," "peevish," and "difficult to explain."
"Is" is from eimi (eimi), which means "to be," "to exist," "to be the case," and "is possible." (The 3rd person present form used here is "esti.")
"For them that trust" is from peithô (peitho), which means "persuade," "prevail upon," "talk over," "mislead," and "tempt (with food)."
"In" is from epi, (epi) which means "on," "upon," "at," "by," "before," "across," and "against."
"Riches" is from chrêma (chrema), which means "need," "goods," "property," "money," "merchandise," "substance," "thing," "matter," "affair," "a deal," and "a heap of."
"Enter" is from eiserchomai, which means both "to go into," "to come in," "to enter," "to enter an office," "to enter a charge," (as in court) and "to come into one's mind."
"Kingdom" is from basileia (basileia), which means "kingdom," "dominion," "hereditary monarchy," "kingly office," (passive) "being ruled by a king," and "reign."
