Jesus, looking at the man, loved him and said, “There is one more thing you need to do. Go and sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”
He was very sad to hear Jesus say this, and he left sorrowfully, because he was rich.
Then Jesus looked at his followers and said, “How hard it will be for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
The followers were amazed at what Jesus said. But he said again, “My children, it is very hard to enter the kingdom of God! 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.”
The followers were even more surprised and said to each other, “Then who can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “For people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
Peter said to Jesus, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, all those who have left houses, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or farms for me and for the Good News will get more than they left. Here in this world they will have a hundred times more homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields. And with those things, they will also suffer for their belief. But in this age they will have life forever.
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