The Rich Young Man
17 As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
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You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’ ”
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“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
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Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me. ”
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But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
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Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”