Luke 18:18-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

The Rich Ruler

¹⁸ A certain ruler asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ ¹⁹ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. ²⁰ You know the commandments: “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honour your father and mother.”’ ²¹ He replied, ‘I have kept all these since my youth.’ ²² When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ‘There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money^[a] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ ²³ But when he heard this, he became sad; for he was very rich. ²⁴ Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’