¹⁷As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees^u before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^v

¹⁸“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’^d”^w

²⁰“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

²¹Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor,^x and you will have treasure in heaven.^y Then come, follow me.”^z

²²At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich^a to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is^e to enter the kingdom of God!^b ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”^c

Read in Logos

Mark 10:21: And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Footnotes

d Exodus 20:12–16; Deut. 5:16–20
eSome manuscripts is for those who trust in riches

Cross references

u Mk 1:40
v Lk 10:25; See Ac 20:32
w Ex 20:12–16; Dt 5:16–20
xSee Ac 2:45
y Mt 6:20; Lk 12:33
zSee Mt 4:19
a Ps 52:7; 62:10; Mk 4:19; 1 Ti 6:9, 10, 17
b Mt 7:13, 14; Jn 3:5
c Lk 12:16–20; 16:19–31