It is hard (δυσκολως). With difficulty. Adverb from δυσκολος, hard to find food, fastidious, faultfinding, then difficult.

Shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Will with difficulty be saved. He has much to struggle with; and it will require the greate…

Shall hardly enter — The Greek adverb is somewhat stronger than the colloquial meaning of the English. Literally, shall not ea…

Worldly possessions, apart from divine grace, have a deadening, hardening, hampering influence upon the soul. Some rich men do enter into the kingd…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord took this occasion from the rich man to give a discourse concerning the covetous: “Then said Je…

Jesus is not saying that all poor people and none of the wealthy enter the kingdom of heaven. That would exclude Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to say …

A rich man will with difficulty enter. Christ warns them, not only how dangerous and how deadly a plague greed is, but also how great an o…

Then said Jesus unto his disciples .
&c.] When the young man was gone; taking this opportunity to make some proper o…

Although Christ spoke so strongly, few who have riches do not trust in them. How few who are poor are not tempted to envy! But people's earnestness…

In this pa age, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of …