Luke 18 · Verse 26

Luke 18:26

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
Luke 18:26, King James Version

Luke 18:26 in other translations

BSBThose who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
WEBThose who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
ASVAnd they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?
YLTAnd those who heard, said, ‘And who is able to be saved?'
DARBYAnd those who heard it said, And who can be saved?
BBEAnd those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?
WebsterAnd they that heard it, said, Who then can be saved?

What does Luke 18:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 18:26-27
26-27. For, &c.--"At that rate none can be saved": "Well, it does pass human power, but not divine."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 18:18-30

Many have a great deal in them very commendable, yet perish for lack of some one thing; so this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, which would part between him and his estate. Many who are loth to leave Christ, yet do leave him. After a long struggle between their convictions and their corruptions, their corruptions carry the day. They are very sorry that they cannot serve both; but if one must be quitted, it…

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Luke 18:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἶπανeipanSaidG2036
δὲdethenG1161
οἱhoithoseG3588
ἀκούσαντες·akousanteshaving heard;G191
καὶkaiThenG2532
τίςtiswhoG5101
δύναταιdunataiis ableG1410
σωθῆναι;sōthēnaito be saved?G4982

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 18:26

  • Luke 13:23

    Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

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Context

  • Luke 18:25

    For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 18:26

    And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

  • Luke 18:27

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

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Luke 18:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los que lo oían, dijeron: ¿Y quién podrá ser salvo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ceux qui entendirent cela, dirent: Et qui peut être sauvé?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es sprachen aber die es hörten: Und wer kann dann errettet werden?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixerunt qui audiebant: Et quis potest salvus fieri?