Luke 18:18-34

New American Standard Bible

The Rich Young Ruler

¹⁸^(A)A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁹But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me ^[a]good? No one is ^[b]good except God alone. ²⁰You know the commandments, ‘^(B)Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and mother.’” ²¹And he said, “All these things I have kept since my youth.” ²²Now when Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; ^(C)sell all that you possess and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have ^(D)treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” ²³But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy. ²⁴And Jesus looked at him and said, “^(E)How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵For ^(F)it is easier for a camel to ^[c]go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁶Those who heard Him said, “And so who can be saved?” ²⁷But He said, “^(G)The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

²⁸Peter said, “Behold, ^(H)we have left ^[d]our own homes and followed You.” ²⁹And 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, ³⁰who will not receive many times as much at this time, and in ^(J)the age to come, eternal life.”

³¹^(K)Now He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, ^(L)we are going up to Jerusalem, and ^(M)all the things that have been written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. ³²^(N)For He will be ^[e]handed over to the Gentiles, and will be ridiculed, and abused, and spit upon, ³³and after they have flogged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise.” ³⁴^[f]^(O)The disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.