Mark 10:17–30

THE RICH YOUNG RULER

¹⁷As^af he was setting out on a journey,^ag a man ran up, knelt down^ah before him, and asked him, “Good^ai teacher,^aj what must I do to inherit^ak eternal life?”^al

¹⁸“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.^{am 19}You know the commandments: Do not murder;^an do not commit adultery;^ao do not steal;^ap do not bear false witness;^aq do not defraud;^ar honor^as your father and mother.”^Bat

²⁰He said to him, “Teacher,^au I have kept all these from my youth.”

²¹Looking at him, Jesus loved him^av and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,^aw and you will have treasure^ax in heaven.^ay Then come,^C follow me.”^{az 22}But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving,^ba because he had many possessions.^bb

POSSESSIONS AND THE KINGDOM

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth^bc to enter the kingdom of God!”^bd

²⁴The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,^be how hard it is^D to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich^bf person to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶They were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”^bg

²⁷Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible,^bh but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

²⁸Peter^bi began to tell him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

²⁹“Truly I tell you,”^bj Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father^E or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,^{bk 30}who will not receive a hundred times^bl more, now at this time^bm—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions^bn—and eternal life^bo in the age to come.^bp