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You know the Commandments: `Do not commit adultery;' `Do not murder;' `Do not steal;' `Do not lie in giving evidence;' `Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
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"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."
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On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."
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But on hearing these words he was deeply sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich.
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Jesus saw his sorrow, and said, "With how hard a struggle do the possessors of riches ever enter the Kingdom of God!
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Why, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."
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"Who then can be saved?" exclaimed the hearers.
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"Things impossible with man," He replied, "are possible with God."
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Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you."
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"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,
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who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this life, and in the age that is coming the Life of the Ages."