Bible Strands
Mark 10:27
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples immediately after they ask, "Who then can be saved?" in response to the rich young ruler's departure. He looks at them directly before answering.
The words — The preposition παρὰ (para), "on the side of / in the case of," sets up the contrast between human and divine capacity rather than merely translating as "with."
The thread — Matthew 19:26 preserves the same saying in slightly compressed form; Jeremiah 32:27 and Job 42:2 echo the underlying claim that no plan of God is thwarted.
Why it lands — It forces the reader to stop treating human impossibility as the final verdict and to recognize that the question "who can be saved?" has already been answered before it was fully asked.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 32:27 “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Matthew 19:26 Jesus 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.
- 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!
- Genesis 18:13 And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Luke 1:37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
- Luke 18:27 But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- Numbers 11:21 But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
- Hebrews 11:19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
- Philippians 3:21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.