Luke 18:18-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Rich Young Ruler
18 A(A) ruler(B) asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”(C)
19 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God. 20 You know the commandments:
Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;
honor your father and mother.”(D)[a]
21 “I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.
22 When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor,(E) and you will have treasure in heaven.(F) Then come, follow Me.”(G)
23 After he heard this, he became extremely sad,(H) because he was very rich.
Possessions and the Kingdom
24 Seeing that he became sad,[b] Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?”(I)
27 He replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”(J)
28 Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed(K) You.”
29 So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more at this time,(L) and eternal life in the age to come.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 18:20 Ex 20:12-16; Dt 5:16-20
- Luke 18:24 Other mss omit he became sad
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