Mark 10:17-30
The Rich Young Ruler
17 As(A) He was setting out on a journey,(B) a man ran up, knelt down(C) before Him, and asked Him, “Good(D) Teacher,(E) what must I do to inherit(F) eternal life?”(G)
18 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.(H)
19 You know the commandments:
21 Then, looking at him, Jesus loved him(Q) and said to him, “You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor,(R) and you will have treasure(S) in heaven.(T) Then come,(b) follow Me.”(U)
22 But he was stunned(c) at this demand, and he went away grieving,(V) because he had many possessions.(W)
Possessions and the Kingdom
23 Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth(X) to enter the kingdom of God!”(Y)
24 But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children,(Z) how hard it is(d) to enter the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich(AA) person to enter the kingdom of God.”
27 Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible,(AC) but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
29 “I assure you,”(AE) Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father,(e) children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,(AF)
30 who will not receive 100 times(AG) more, now at this time(AH)—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions(AI)—and eternal life(AJ) in the age to come.(AK)
Footnotes:
b.
Mark 10:21: Other mss add taking up the cross, and
c.
Mark 10:22: Or he became gloomy
d.
Mark 10:24: Other mss add for those trusting in wealth
e.
Mark 10:29: Other mss add or wife
Cross references:
B.
Mark 10:17:
Mark 8:27
U.
Mark 10:21:
John 8:12
Y.
Mark 10:23:
Mark 1:15
Z.
Mark 10:24:
Luke 1:7
AA.
Mark 10:25:
Genesis 24:35
AC.
Mark 10:27:
Hebrews 6:4
AG.
Mark 10:30:
Luke 21:8
AH.
Mark 10:30:
Luke 20:10
AI.
Mark 10:30:
Matthew 13:21