²³ And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “^(A)How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ And the disciples ^(B)were amazed at His words. But Jesus responded again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ^25 (C)It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ And they were even more astonished, and said to Him, “^[a]Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus *said, “^(D)With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

^28 (E)Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and have followed You.” ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, ^(F)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, ^30 [b]but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in ^[c]the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in ^(G)the age to come, eternal life. ³¹ But ^(H)many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”