25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, …
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here Christ’s discourse with his disciples upon occasion of the rich man’s breaking with Christ. I. Christ took occasion from thence to show the difficulty of the salvation of the rich people, Matt. 19:23-26. 1. That it is a very hard thing for a rich man to get to heaven, such a rich man as this here. Note, From the harms and falls of others it is good for us to infer that which will be o…
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