The Rich Young Man (MRK 10:17-31)

[10:17] And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

[10:18] And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

[10:19] You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

[10:20] And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.”

[10:21] And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

[10:22] Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

[10:23] And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

[10:24] And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!

[10:25] 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.”

[10:26] And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?”

[10:27] Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

[10:28] Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.”

[10:29] Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

[10:30] who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

[10:31] But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

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