The Rich Man
MK 10:17-30 or 10:17-27
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran
up,
knelt down before him, and asked him,
"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit
eternal life?"
Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me
good?
No one is good but God alone.
You know the commandments: You
shall not kill;
you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal;
you shall not bear false witness;
you shall not defraud;
honor your father and your
mother."
He replied and said to him,
"Teacher, all of these I have observed from
my youth."
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to
him,
"You are lacking in one thing.
Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor
and you will have treasure in heaven; then come,
follow me."
At that statement his face fell,
and he went away sad, for he had many
possessions.
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
"How hard it is for those who have wealth
to enter the kingdom of God!"
The disciples were amazed at his words.
So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the
kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye
of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of
God."
They were exceedingly astonished and said among
themselves,
"Then who can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said,
"For human beings it is impossible, but not
for God.
All things are possible for God."
Peter began to say to him,
"We have given up everything and followed
you."
Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you,
there is no one who has given up house or
brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or lands
for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
who will not receive a hundred times more now in
this present age:
houses and brothers and sisters
and mothers and children and lands,
with persecutions, and eternal life in the age
to come."