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What did Jesus mean when he said its hard for rich people to see the kingdom of God?
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∙ 13y ago
He said that right after the rich young ruler came to Him asking what he must do to gain eternal life. Jesus quoted a couple of commandments, to which the man said he had kept.
Jesus knew the man valued his riches more than anything and told him "Sell all you have and give it to the poor." It wasn't the money that was the problem. It was the man's attitude toward money and it being more important to him than anything else.
For many rich people, their focus is on money and making it more than anything else.
In another verse it says "where a man's treasure is, there his heart will be."
Still another verse says that there are few that will go to heaven.
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