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The Rich Young Ruler

Luke 18:27

In 9 translations

BSB
But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
KJV
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
WEB
But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
ASV
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
LSV
And He said, “The things impossible with men are possible with God.”
YLT
and he said, 'The things impossible with men are possible with God.'
DBY
But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.Elohim
DRC
He said to them: The things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.
GNV
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place παρὰ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τῷ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place θεῷ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστιν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατά ἐστιν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατά ἐστι παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ.
SCR1894
ο δε ειπεν τα αδυνατα παρα ανθρωποις δυνατα εστιν παρα τω θεω

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  • Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”
  • Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
  • Job 42:2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
  • Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Ephesians 1:19–20and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand…
  • Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
  • Ephesians 2:4–10But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! And God raised us up with Christ and seated us…
  • Zechariah 8:6This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.

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