Luke 18:18-30 (NASB)
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Luke 18:18
A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
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Luke 18:19
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
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Luke 18:20
“You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”
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Luke 18:21
And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
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Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
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Luke 18:23
But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
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Luke 18:24
And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!
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Luke 18:25
“For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 18:26
They who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
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Luke 18:27
But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”
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Luke 18:28
Peter said, “Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You.”
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Luke 18:29
And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
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Luke 18:30
who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”
