Mark 10: 17 - 30
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And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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| 18
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And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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| 19
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You know the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'"
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| 20
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And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
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| 21
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And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
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| 22
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At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
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| 23
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And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"
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| 24
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And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
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| 25
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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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| 26
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And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"
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| 27
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Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
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| 28
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Peter began to say to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you."
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| 29
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Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
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| 30
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who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
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