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Jesus looked around. He said to his disciples, "How hard it is for rich people to enter God's kingdom!"
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The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is to enter God's kingdom!
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Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for the rich to enter God's kingdom!"
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The disciples were even more amazed. They said to each other, "Then who can be saved?"
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Jesus looked at them and said, "With man, that is impossible. But not with God. All things are possible with God."
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Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!"
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"What I'm about to tell you is true," Jesus replied. "Has anyone left home or family or fields for me and the good news?
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They will receive 100 times as much in this world. They will have homes and families and fields. But they will also be treated badly by others. In the world to come they will live forever.
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But many who are first will be last. And the last will be first."
Jesus Again Tells About His Coming Death
32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem. Jesus was leading the way. The disciples were amazed. Those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve to one side. He told them what was going to happen to him.
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"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said. "The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to people who are not Jews.