Luke 18:25-35

²⁵You would say that it is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult HYP for rich people to decide to let God rule their lives.”

²⁶The Jews thought that God favored rich people, so they thought that if God did not save rich people, he would not save others, either. So one of the disciples who heard him say that replied, “If that is so, it seems that no one will be saved { that God will not save anyone} RHQ!”

²⁷But Jesus said, “It is impossible for people to save themselves. But God can save them, because God can do anything!”

²⁸Then Peter said, “ You know that we(exc) have left everything we had and have become your disciples RHQ. So what about us? (OR, So will God accept/save us?”)

²⁹He said to them, “Keep this in mind: Those who have left their homes, their wives, their brothers, their parents, their children, or any other family members, to tell others about how God wants to rule MET people's lives,

³⁰will receive in this life many times as much as they left. And in the future age they will ◄ live eternally with God/ have eternal life►.”

³¹Jesus took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves and said to them, “Listen carefully! We (inc) are now going up to Jerusalem. While we are there, everything that has been written by the prophets {that the prophets have written} about me, the one who came from heaven, will be fulfilled {will occur}.

³²I will be put into the hands of { My enemies will hand me over to} non-Jews. The non-Jews will make fun of me and mistreat me and spit on me.

³³They will whip me, and then they will kill me. But on the third day after that I will become alive again.”

³⁴But the disciples did not understand any of those things that he said. They were prevented { Something prevented them} from understanding the meaning of what he was telling them.

³⁵As Jesus and his disciples came near to Jericho city, a blind man was sitting beside the road. He was begging for money.