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You know the Commandments--`Do not murder;' `Do not commit adultery;' `Do not steal;' `Do not lie in giving evidence;' `Do not defraud;' `Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
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"Rabbi," he replied, "all these Commandments I have carefully obeyed from my youth."
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Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine."
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At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.
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Then looking round on His disciples Jesus said, "With how hard a struggle will the possessors of riches enter the Kingdom of God!"
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The disciples were amazed at His words. Jesus, however, said again, "Children, how hard a struggle is it for those who trust in riches to enter the 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 man to enter the Kingdom of God."
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They were astonished beyond measure, and said to one another, "Who then *can* be saved?"
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Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."
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"Remember," said Peter to Him, "that we forsook everything and have become your followers."
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"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,