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Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God.
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You know the commandments: Never commit adultery. Never murder. Never steal. Never give false testimony. Honor your father and your mother."
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The official replied, "I've obeyed all these commandments since I was a boy."
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When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still need one thing. Sell everything you have. Distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then follow me!"
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When the official heard this, he became sad, because he was very rich.
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Jesus watched him and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the kingdom of God!
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Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
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Those who heard him asked, "Who, then, can be saved?"
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Jesus said, "The things that are impossible for people to do are possible for God to do."
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Then Peter said, "We've left everything to follow you."
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Jesus said to them, "I can guarantee this truth: Anyone who gave up his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God
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will certainly receive many times as much in this life and will receive eternal life in the world to come."
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Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said to them, "We're going to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.
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He will be handed over to foreigners. They will make fun of him, insult him, spit on him,
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whip him, and kill him. But on the third day he will come back to life."
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But they didn't understand any of this. What he said was a mystery to them, and they didn't know what he meant.
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As Jesus came near Jericho, a blind man was sitting and begging by the road.
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When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.
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The people told him that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by.
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Then the blind man shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
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The people at the front of the crowd told the blind man to be quiet. But he shouted even louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"