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At this the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
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Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!”
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This amazed them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God.
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In fact, 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!”
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The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.
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Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”
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Then Peter began to speak up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said.
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“Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News,
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will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.
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But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. ”
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They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. Taking the twelve disciples aside, Jesus once more began to describe everything that was about to happen to him.