Mark 10:17–25

The Rich Man

¹⁷As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^{* 18}Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’ ”^{* 20}He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” ²¹Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the moneyⁿ to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”^{* 22}When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

²³Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”^{* 24}And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is^o to enter the kingdom of God!^{* 25}It 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.”