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Seeing his reaction, Jesus said, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who have it all to enter God's kingdom?
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I'd say it's easier to thread a camel through a needle's eye than get a rich person into God's kingdom."
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"Then who has any chance at all?" the others asked.
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"No chance at all," Jesus said, "if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."
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Peter tried to regain some initiative: "We left everything we owned and followed you, didn't we?"
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.