Mark 10:17-31

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Rich Young Ruler

¹⁷ As^(A) He was setting out on a journey,^(B) a man ran up, knelt down^(C) before Him, and asked Him, “Good^(D) Teacher,^(E) what must I do to inherit^(F) eternal life?”^(G)

¹⁸ “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.^{(H) 19} You know the commandments:

²⁰ He said to Him, “Teacher,^(P) I have kept all these from my youth.”

²¹ Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him^(Q) and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,^(R) and you will have treasure^(S) in heaven.^(T) Then come,^[b] follow Me.”^{(U) 22} But he was stunned^[c] at this demand, and he went away grieving,^(V) because he had many possessions.^(W)

Possessions and the Kingdom

²³ Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth^(X) to enter the kingdom of God!”^{(Y) 24} But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,^(Z) how hard it is^[d] to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich^(AA) person to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶ So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved?”^(AB)

²⁷ Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible,^(AC) but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

²⁸ Peter^(AD) began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

²⁹ “I assure you,”^(AE) Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father,^[e] children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,^{(AF) 30} who will not receive 100 times^(AG) more, now at this time^(AH)—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions^(AI)—and eternal life^(AJ) in the age to come.^{(AK) 31} But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”^(AL)