Luke 18:18–43

The Rich Man

¹⁸A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”

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.”

Jesus Speaks a Third Time about His Death

³¹Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “Listen! We are going to Jerusalem where everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true. ³²He will be handed over to the Gentiles, who will mock him, insult him, and spit on him. ³³They will whip him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.”

³⁴But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.

Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar

³⁵As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. ³⁶When he heard the crowd passing by, he asked, “What is this?”

³⁷“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

³⁸He cried out, “Jesus! Son of David! Take pity on me!”

³⁹The people in front scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, “Son of David! Take pity on me!”

⁴⁰So Jesus stopped and ordered the blind man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, ⁴¹“What do you want me to do for you?”

“Sir,” he answered, “I want to see again.”

⁴²Jesus said to him, “Then see! Your faith has made you well.”

⁴³At once he was able to see, and he followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. When the crowd saw it, they all praised God.