The Rich Ruler

¹⁸uAnd a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to vinherit eternal life?” ¹⁹And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ²⁰You know the commandments: w‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” ²¹And he said, x“All these I have kept from my youth.” ²²When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. ySell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have ztreasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²³aBut when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. ²⁴Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, b“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter cthe kingdom of God! ²⁵For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter cthe kingdom of God.” ²⁶Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷But he said, d“What is impossible with man is possible with God.” ²⁸And Peter said, “See, ewe have left our homes and followed you.” ²⁹And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, fthere is no one who has left house or wife or brothers2 or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰who will not receive gmany times more hin this time, and in ithe age to come eternal life.”

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