¹⁸And a certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, by^* doing what will I inherit eternal life?” ¹⁹And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ²⁰You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’ ”^e ²¹And he said, “All these I have observed from my^f youth.” ²²And when he^* heard this,^* Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing:^g Sell all that you have, and distribute the proceeds^* to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.” ²³But when he^* heard these things he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

²⁴And Jesus took notice of him^h and^* said, “How difficult it is forⁱ those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁶So those who heard this^* said, “And who can be saved?” ²⁷But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

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Footnotes

*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing”) which is understood as means
eA quotation from Exod 20:12–16; Deut 5:16–20
fSome manuscripts omit “my”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
gLiterally “one still lacking to you”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
hSome manuscripts add “becoming very sad”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took notice of”) has been translated as a finite verb
iLiterally “with difficulty”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation