Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what
good thing must I do to get eternal life?”
“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied.
“There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the
commandments.”
“Which ones?” he inquired.
Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit
adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor
your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“All these I have
kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your
possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then
come, follow me.”
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he
had great wealth.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is
hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom
of God.”
When the disciples
heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them
and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Peter answered him,
“We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
Jesus said to them,
“Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on
his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And
everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife
or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will
inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are
last will be first. Matthew 19: 16-30
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