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And Jesus
1looked around and said to his disciples,
2“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter
3the kingdom of God! ”
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And the disciples
4were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again,
5“Children,
6how difficult it is to enter
7the kingdom of God!
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It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter
8the kingdom of God. ”
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And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved? ”
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Jesus
9looked at them and said,
10“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. ”
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Peter began to say to him, “See,
11we have left everything and followed you. ”
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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 lands, for my sake and
13for the gospel,
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who will not receive a hundredfold
14now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands,
15with persecutions, and in
16the age to come eternal life.
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But
17many who are first will be last, and the last first. ”
Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time
32 18And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and
19Jesus was walking ahead of them. And
20they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,
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saying, “See,
21we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will
22condemn him to death and
23deliver him over to the Gentiles.