The Rich Ruler (LUK 18:18-30)

[18:18] And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

[18:19] And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

[18:20] You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”

[18:21] And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”

[18:22] When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

[18:23] But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

[18:24] Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

[18:25] For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

[18:26] Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

[18:27] But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

[18:28] And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.”

[18:29] And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

[18:30] who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

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