11 translations · Greek

Matthew 19:26

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

World English Bible

Matthew 19:26 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
KJV King James Version
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
FBV Free Bible Version
Jesus looked at them and said, “From a human point of view it's impossible, but all things are possible with God.”
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
DBY Darby Translation
But Jesus, looking on [them], said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
WBT Webster’s Bible
But Jesus beheld them , and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Ἐμβλέψας Emblepsas looked at [them] G1689 ἐμβλέπω to look into/upon
δὲ de — G1161 δέ then
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
εἶπεν eipen [and] said G2036 εἶπον to say
αὐτοῖς autois — G846 αὐτός it/s/he
Παρὰ Para With G3844 παρά from/with/beside
ἀνθρώποις anthrōpois man G444 ἄνθρωπος a human
τοῦτο touto this G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it
ἀδύνατόν adynaton impossible G102 ἀδύνατος unable
ἐστιν estin is G1510 εἰμί to be
παρὰ para with G3844 παρά from/with/beside
δὲ de but G1161 δέ then
Θεῷ Theō God G2316 θεός God
πάντα panta all things [are] G3956 πᾶς all
δυνατά dynata possible G1415 δυνατός able
  • Jeremiah 32:27

    “Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

  • Luke 1:37

    For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

  • Job 42:2

    “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

  • Mark 10:27

    Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

  • Luke 18:27

    But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you,

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Psalm 62:11

    God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

  • Numbers 11:23

    Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”

  • Zechariah 8:6

    Yahweh of Armies says: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

25 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

26 Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

27 Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”

28 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Read all of Matthew 19 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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