Luke 18:27

Murdock Translation

And Jesus said: Those things which, with men, cannot be, with God, can be.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

King James Version (1611)
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.

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

English Standard Version
But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."

New American Standard Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "The things impossible for people are possible for God."

Amplified Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

Legacy Standard Bible
But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."

Complete Jewish Bible
He said, "What is impossible humanly is possible with God."

Darby Translation
But he said, The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "God can do things that are not possible for people to do."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God.

George Lamsa Translation
But Jesus said, Those things which are impossible to men are possible to God.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "What is humanly impossible is possible for God."

Lexham English Bible
But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

Literal Translation
But He said, The things impossible with men are possible with God.

American Standard Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Bible in Basic English
But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

Hebrew Names Version
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

International Standard Version
JesusHe">[fn] replied, "The things that are impossible for people are possible for God."Jeremiah 32:17; Zechariah 8:6; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu said, Those (things) which with the sons of men are not possible, with Aloha are possible to be done.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde: The thynges which are vnpossible wih men, are possible with God.

English Revised Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

World English Bible
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, The things impossible with men, are possible with God.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Things impossible with man," He replied, "are possible with God."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben impossible anentis men, ben possible anentis God.

Update Bible Version
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then he said, The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God.

New English Translation
He replied, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God."

New King James Version
But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

New Living Translation
He replied, "What is impossible for people is possible with God."

New Life Bible
Jesus said, "God can do things men cannot do."

New Revised Standard
He replied, "What is impossible for mortals is possible for God."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, said - The things impossible with men, are, possible with God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

Revised Standard Version
But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde: Thinges which are vnpossible with men are possible with God.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he sayde: loke what is vnpossible with me, is possible with God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answer'd, by divine assistance men may do that which would be otherwise impossible.

THE MESSAGE
"No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "It is impossible for man to get in on his own, but all things are possible with God."

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ And one of the chiefs asked him, and said to him: Good Teacher, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life? ¹⁹ Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me, good? For, there is none good, except one; God. ²⁰ Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill; and thou shalt not commit adultery; and thou shalt not steal; and thou shalt not testify a false testimony; honor thy father and thy mother. ²¹ He said to him: All these have I kept, from my childhood. ²² And when Jesus heard these [fn] , he said to him: One thing is lacking to thee: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou wilt have a treasure in heaven; and come after me. ²³ And he, when he heard these [fn] , was dejected; for he was very rich. ²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he was dejected, he said: How difficult [fn] , for those that have wealth to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than a rich man the kingdom of God. ²⁶ They who heard [fn] , said to him: Who then can have life? ²⁷ And Jesus said: Those things which, with men, cannot be, with God, can be.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 1:37, Genesis 18:14, Job 42:2, Jeremiah 32:17, Daniel 4:35, Zechariah 8:6, Matthew 19:26, Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:4-10

Reciprocal: Matthew 17:20 - nothing Mark 10:24 - astonished Mark 10:27 - With men Acts 26:8 - General

Cross-References

Luke 5:8
And when Simon Cephas saw [fn] , he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said to him: I beseech thee, my Lord, that thou leave me, for I am a sinful man.

Luke 18:1
And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, and not become weary.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said,.... That is, Jesus, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it:

the things which are impossible with men, are possible with God;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30.