Mark 10:19-29

19 "You know the commandments, '¹DO 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 ²all 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 ³treasure 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, "⁴How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"

24 The disciples ⁵were amazed at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

25 "⁶It 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, "⁷With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

28 ⁸Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You."

29 Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, ⁹there 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,

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
• 2. Matthew 19:20
• 3. Matthew 6:20
• 4. Matthew 19:23
• 5. Mark 1:27
• 6. Matthew 19:24
• 7. Matthew 19:26
• 8. Matthew 4:20-22
• 9. Matthew 6:33; Matthew 19:29; Luke 18:29

Footnotes

• [a] Or "he became gloomy"
• [b] Lit "And"