Luke 18:18-19:10

New King James Version

Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler^(A)

^18 (B)Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁹ So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but ^(C)One, that is, God. ²⁰ You know the commandments: ^(D)‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ^(E)‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

²¹ And he said, “All ^(F)these things I have kept from my youth.”

²² So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. ^(G)Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²³ But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.

With God All Things Are Possible^(H)

²⁴ And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, ^(I)“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ And those who heard it said, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷ But He said, ^(J)“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

^28 (K)Then Peter said, “See, we have left ^[a]all and followed You.”

²⁹ So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, ^(L)there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ^30 (M)who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection^(N)

^31 (O)Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things ^(P)that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be ^[b]accomplished. ³² For ^(Q)He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. ³³ They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”

^34 (R)But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

A Blind Man Receives His Sight^(S)

^35 (T)Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. ³⁶ And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. ³⁷ So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. ³⁸ And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, ^(U)Son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹ Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰ So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, ⁴¹ saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

⁴² Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; ^(V)your faith has made you well.” ⁴³ And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, ^(W)glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House

19 Then Jesus entered and passed through ^(X)Jericho. ² Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ And he sought to ^(Y)see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. ⁴ So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. ⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up ^[c]and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, ^[d]make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” ⁶ So he ^[e]made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. ⁷ But when they saw it, they all ^[f]complained, saying, ^(Z)“He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”

⁸ Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the ^(AA)poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by ^(AB)false accusation, ^(AC)I restore fourfold.”

⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because ^(AD)he also is ^(AE)a son of Abraham; ^10 (AF)for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”