The Rich Young Man

17 ^mAnd as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, ⁿwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ^o‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, ^psell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, ^qfollow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have ^rwealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ^s“Children, how difficult it is¹ to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a ^trich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 And they were ^uexceedingly astonished, and said to him,² “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For ^vall things are possible with God.” 28 Peter began to say to him, “See, ^wwe have ^xleft everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or ^ybrothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 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. 31 ^zBut many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

The Rich Ruler

18 ^jAnd a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, ^kwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ^l‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” 21 And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. ^mSell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, ⁿfollow me.” 23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. 24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have ^owealth to enter the kingdom of God! 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.” 26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” 27 But he said, ^p“What is impossible with man is possible with God.” 28 And Peter said, “See, ^qwe have ^rleft our homes and followed you.” 29 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or ^swife or brothers¹ or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”