Matthew 19:16-30

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Now behold, one came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good shall I do to have eternal life?”

¹⁷ “Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Yeshua said to him. “There is only One who is good; but if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸ “Which ones?” he said.

Yeshua said, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, ¹⁹ honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”^[a]

²⁰ “All these I’ve kept,” the young man said to Him. “What do I still lack?”

²¹ Yeshua said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you own, and give to the poor; and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” ²² But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving, for he had much property.

²³ Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “Amen, I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ Again I tell you, 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 When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁶ And looking, Yeshua said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”^[b]

²⁷ Then Peter said to Him, “Look, we’ve left everything to follow You! So what will we have?”

²⁸ And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in the new world,^[c] you who have followed Me shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for My name’s sake, will receive a hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”