The Rich Young Man

^17 (A)And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and ^(B)knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to ^(C)inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹ You know the commandments: ^(D)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰ And he said to him, “Teacher, ^(E)all these I have kept from my youth.” ²¹ And Jesus, ^(F)looking at him, ^(G)loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, ^(H)sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ^(I)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ^22 (J)Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³ And Jesus ^(K)looked around and said to his disciples, ^(L)“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ^(M)the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ And the disciples ^(N)were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ^(O)“Children, ^(P)how difficult it is^[a] to enter ^(Q)the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^(R)the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,^[b] “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ Jesus ^(S)looked at them and said, ^(T)“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸ Peter began to say to him, “See, ^(U)we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^(V)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^(W)for the gospel, ³⁰ who will not receive a hundredfold ^(X)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^(Y)with persecutions, and in ^(Z)the age to come eternal life. ³¹ But ^(AA)many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

^32 (AB)And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and ^(AC)Jesus was walking ahead of them. And ^(AD)they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³ saying, “See, ^(AE)we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will ^(AF)condemn him to death and ^(AG)deliver him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will ^(AH)mock him and ^(AI)spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And ^(AJ)after three days he will rise.”

The Request of James and John

^35 (AK)And James and John, ^(AL)the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us ^(AM)whatever we ask of you.” ³⁶ And he said to them, ^(AN)“What do you want me to do for you?” ³⁷ And they said to him, “Grant us ^(AO)to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(AP)in your glory.” ³⁸ Jesus said to them, ^(AQ)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(AR)to drink the cup that I drink, or ^(AS)to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹ And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, ^(AT)“The cup that I drink ^(AU)you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, ^(AV)you will be baptized, ⁴⁰ but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, ^(AW)but it is for those for whom it has been ^(AX)prepared.” ⁴¹ And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ^42 (AY)And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles ^(AZ)lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But ^(BA)it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^{[c] 44} and whoever would be first among you must be ^(BB)slave^[d] of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served but ^(BC)to serve, and ^(BD)to give his life as a ransom for ^(BE)many.”