Luke 18:20-30

20 You know the commandments: 1'Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'"
21 And he said, 2"All these I have kept from my youth."
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. 3Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have 4treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
23 5But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, 6"How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter 7the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter 8the kingdom of God."
26 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
27 But he said, 9"What is impossible with men is possible with God."
28 And Peter said, "See, 10we have left our homes and followed you."
29 And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, 11there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers[a] or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
30 who will not receive 12many times more 13in this time, and in 14the age to come eternal life."

Cross References 14

  • 1. Romans 13:9; Cited from Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20; [Matthew 5:21, 27]
  • 2. [Philippians 3:6]
  • 3. Luke 12:33; [Luke 16:9; Luke 19:8; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34, 35; 1 Timothy 6:18, 19]
  • 4. Matthew 6:19, 20
  • 5. [Ezekiel 33:31]
  • 6. [1 Corinthians 1:26]; See Matthew 13:22
  • 7. See Matthew 12:28
  • 8. [See ver. 24 above]
  • 9. Luke 1:37; Genesis 18:14; Job 42:2; Jeremiah 32:17, 27
  • 10. Matthew 4:20, 22; Mark 1:18, 20
  • 11. [Luke 14:26]
  • 12. [Job 42:10]
  • 13. [Matthew 6:33]
  • 14. Matthew 12:32; Ephesians 1:21; [Luke 20:35]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or wife or brothers and sisters
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