LUKE 18:20-35

²⁰Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and mother.

²¹And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.

²²And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

²³But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was very rich.

²⁴And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁵For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁶And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?

²⁷But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

²⁸And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

²⁹And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

³⁰who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.

³¹And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.

³²For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully entreated, and spit upon:

³³and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

³⁴And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.

³⁵And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: