Mark 10:17-31

The Rich Young Ruler

17 ¹As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and ²knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall 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, '⁴DO 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, I have kept ⁵all these things from my youth up."

21 Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have ⁶treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

22 But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

23 And Jesus, looking around, said to His disciples, "⁷How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

24 The disciples ⁸were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

25 "⁹It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

26 They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?"

27 Looking at them, Jesus said, "¹⁰With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

28 ¹¹Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You."

29 Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, ¹²there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake,

30 but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in ¹³the age to come, eternal life.

31 "But ¹⁴many who are first will be last, and the last, first."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 10:17-31: {Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30}
• 2. Mark 1:40
• 3. Matthew 25:34; Luke 10:25; Luke 18:18; Acts 20:32; Ephesians 1:18; 1 Peter 1:4
• 4. Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
• 5. Matthew 19:20
• 6. Matthew 6:20
• 7. Matthew 19:23
• 8. Mark 1:27
• 9. Matthew 19:24
• 10. Matthew 19:26
• 11. Matthew 4:20-22
• 12. Matthew 6:33; Matthew 19:29; Luke 18:29
• 13. Matthew 12:32
• 14. Matthew 19:30; Matthew 20:16; Luke 13:30

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "he became gloomy"
• [b]. Lit "And"
• [c]. Lit "if not"
• [d]. Lit "this time"