Luke 18:18-30
World English Bible
18 A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”
21 He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom! 25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27 But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
28 Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
29 He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for God’s Kingdom’s sake, 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”
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Luke 18:18-30
International Standard Version
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus(A)
18 Then an official asked Jesus,[a] “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Nobody is good except for one—God. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Never commit adultery.[b] Never murder.[c] Never steal.[d] Never give false testimony.[e] Honor your father and mother.’”[f]
21 The official[g] replied, “I have kept all of these since I was a young man.”
22 When Jesus heard this, he told him, “You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money[h] to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.” 23 But when the official[i] heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.
Salvation and Reward(B)
24 So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he[j] said, “How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it’s easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”
26 Those who were listening to Jesus[k] asked, “Then who can be saved?”
27 Jesus[l] replied, “The things that are impossible for people are possible for God.”
28 Then Peter said, “See, we have left everything we have and followed you.”
29 Jesus[m] told them, “I tell all of you[n] with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God 30 who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come.”
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- Luke 18:18 Lit. him
- Luke 18:20 Cf. Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18
- Luke 18:20 Cf. Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
- Luke 18:20 Cf. Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19
- Luke 18:20 Cf. Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20
- Luke 18:20 Cf. Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
- Luke 18:21 Lit. He
- Luke 18:22 The Gk. lacks the money
- Luke 18:23 Lit. he
- Luke 18:24 Other mss. read So Jesus looked at him and
- Luke 18:26 Lit. him
- Luke 18:27 Lit. He
- Luke 18:29 Lit. He
- Luke 18:29 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
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