Luke 18:18–30

A Rich Young Man

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 21}And 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.”

²⁸And Peter said, “Behold, we have left all that is ours^j and^* followed you.” ²⁹And he said to them, “Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God, ³⁰who will not receive many times more in this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”