¹⁹“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. ²⁰^*You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.’ ”

²¹The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”

²²When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.” ²³But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.

²⁴Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”

²⁶The people who heard him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”

²⁷Jesus answered, “What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”

²⁸Then Peter said, “Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”

²⁹“Yes,” Jesus said to them, “and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God ³⁰will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”

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Cross references

*18.20 a: Ex 20, 14; Dt 5:18 18.20 b: Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17 18.20 c: Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19 18.20 d: Ex 20:16 18.20 e: Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16