Mark 10:17-31

The Rich Young Man

17 ¹And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and ²knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to ³inherit eternal life?"

18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

19 You know the commandments: ⁴'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'"

20 And he said to him, "Teacher, ⁵all these I have kept from my youth."

21 And Jesus, ⁶looking at him, ⁷loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, ⁸sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ⁹treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

22 ¹⁰Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

23 And Jesus ¹¹looked around and said to his disciples, ¹²"How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ¹³the kingdom of God!"

24 And the disciples ¹⁴were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ¹⁵"Children, ¹⁶how difficult it is^[a] to enter ¹⁷the kingdom of God!

25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ¹⁸the kingdom of God."

26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,^[b]"Then who can be saved?"

27 Jesus ¹⁹looked at them and said, ²⁰"With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

28 Peter began to say to him, "See, ²¹we have left everything and followed you."

29 Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, ²²there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ²³for the gospel,

30 who will not receive a hundredfold ²⁴now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ²⁵with persecutions, and in ²⁶the age to come eternal life.

31 But ²⁷many who are first will be last, and the last first."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 17-30, see Matthew 19:16-29; Luke 18:18-30; [Luke 10:25-28]
• 2. See Mark 1:40
• 3. [Matthew 19:16]; See Matthew 25:34
• 4. Romans 13:9; Cited from Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20; [Matthew 5:21, 27]
• 5. [Philippians 3:6]
• 6. ver. 27; Luke 22:61; John 1:42; [Mark 3:5]
• 7. [John 11:5; John 13:23]
• 8. Luke 12:33; [Luke 16:9; Luke 19:8; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34, 35; 1 Timothy 6:18, 19]
• 9. Matthew 6:19, 20
• 10. [Ezekiel 33:31]
• 11. See Mark 3:5
• 12. [1 Corinthians 1:26]; See Matthew 13:22
• 13. See Matthew 12:28
• 14. ver. 32
• 15. Mark 2:5(Gk.); [John 13:33; John 21:5]
• 16. Job 31:24; Psalms 49:6; Psalms 52:7; Proverbs 11:28; 1 Timothy 6:17
• 17. [See ver. 23 above]
• 18. [See ver. 23 above]
• 19. ver. 23
• 20. Mark 14:36; Genesis 18:14; Job 42:2; Jeremiah 32:17, 27; Luke 1:37
• 21. Mark 1:18, 20; Matthew 4:20, 22
• 22. [Luke 14:26]
• 23. See Mark 8:35
• 24. [Matthew 6:33]
• 25. 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Timothy 3:11, 12; [John 15:20; Acts 14:22]
• 26. Matthew 12:32; Ephesians 1:21; [Luke 20:35]
• 27. See Matthew 19:30

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add for those who trust in riches
• [b]. Some manuscripts to one another