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However, Yeshua called the children to him and said, "Let the children come to me, and stop hindering them, because the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Yes! I tell you that whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it at all!"
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One of the leaders asked him, "Good rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?"
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Yeshua said to him, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good but God!
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You know the mitzvot -- `Don't commit adultery, don't murder, don't steal, don't give false testimony, honor your father and mother, . . .'"
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He replied, "I have kept all these since I was a boy."
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On hearing this Yeshua said to him, "There is one thing you still lack. Sell whatever you have, distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"
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But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.
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Yeshua looked at him and said, "How hard it is for people with wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!
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It's easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!"
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Those who heard this asked, "Then who can be saved?"