The Rich Young Man

¹⁶iAnd behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to jhave keternal life?” ¹⁷And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. lIf you would enter life, keep the commandments.” ¹⁸He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, m“You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, ¹⁹Honor your father and mother, and, nYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁰The young man said to him, o“All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” ²¹Jesus said to him, “If you would be pperfect, go, qsell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have rtreasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²²sWhen the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, tonly with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴uAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter vthe kingdom of God.” ²⁵When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” ²⁶But Jesus wlooked at them and said, x“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ²⁷Then Peter said in reply, “See, ywe have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” ²⁸Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world,2 zwhen the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me awill also sit on twelve thrones, bjudging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹cAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold3 and will dinherit eternal life. ³⁰But emany who are ffirst will be last, and the last first.

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