The Rich Young Ruler

^17 (A)And as He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and ^(B)knelt before Him, and began asking Him, “Good Teacher, what shall 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, I have kept ^(E)all these things from my youth up.” ²¹ And looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have ^(F)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” ²² But at these words ^[a]he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

²³ And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, “^(G)How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ And the disciples ^(H)were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ^25 (I)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 they were even more astonished, saying to ^[b]Him, “^[c]Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus *said, “^(J)With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

^28 (K)Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.” ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, ^(L)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 [d]except one who will receive one hundred times as much now in ^[e]the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions—and in ^(M)the age to come, eternal life. ³¹ But ^(N)many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

The Rich Young Ruler

^16 (A)And behold, someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have ^(B)eternal life?” ¹⁷ And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but ^(C)if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” ¹⁸ Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “^(D)You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; ^19 (E)Honor your father and mother; and ^(F)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁰ The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?” ²¹ Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be ^[a]complete, go and ^(G)sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have ^(H)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” ²² But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.

²³ And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, ^(I)it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ And again I say to you, ^(J)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.” ²⁵ And when the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?” ²⁶ And looking at them Jesus said to them, “^(K)With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Many Who Are First Will Be Last

²⁷ Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” ²⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when ^(L)the Son of Man will sit on ^[b]His glorious throne, ^(M)you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And ^(N)everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother ^[c]or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive ^[d]one hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life. ^30 (O)But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.

The Rich Young Ruler

^18 (A)And a ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. ²⁰ You know the commandments, ‘^(B)Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” ²¹ And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.” ²² And when Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack: ^(C)sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have ^(D)treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.” ²³ But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. ²⁴ And Jesus looked at him and said, “^(E)How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ For ^(F)it is easier for a camel to ^[a]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, “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ But He said, “^(G)The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

²⁸ And Peter said, “Behold, ^(H)we have left all that is our own and followed You.” ²⁹ And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, ^(I)there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ who will not receive many times more at this time and in ^(J)the age to come, eternal life.”