Luke 18:15-30.
Luke 18:15-30 (Good News Translation)
15Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on
15Some people brought their babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on
them. The disciples saw them and scolded them for doing so,
16but Jesus called the children to him and said,
Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the
Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God
like a child will never enter it.
18A Jewish leader asked Jesus,
“Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal
life?”
19“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him.
No one is good except God alone.
20You know the commandments:
“Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not
steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your
mother.”
21The man replied,
“Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these
commandments.”
22When Jesus heard this, he said to him,
“There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all
you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in
heaven; then come and follow me.”
23But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he
was very rich.
24Jesus saw that he was sad and said,
How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
25It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of
God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
26The people who heard him asked,
“Who, then, can be saved?”
27Jesus answered,
“What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”
28Then Peter said,
“Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”
29“Yes,” Jesus said to them,
and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers
or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God
30will receive much more in this present age and eternal life
in the age to come.
16but Jesus called the children to him and said,
Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the
Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
17Remember this! Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God
like a child will never enter it.
18A Jewish leader asked Jesus,
“Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal
life?”
19“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him.
No one is good except God alone.
20You know the commandments:
“Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not
steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your
mother.”
21The man replied,
“Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these
commandments.”
22When Jesus heard this, he said to him,
“There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all
you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in
heaven; then come and follow me.”
23But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he
was very rich.
24Jesus saw that he was sad and said,
How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!
25It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of
God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
26The people who heard him asked,
“Who, then, can be saved?”
27Jesus answered,
“What is humanly impossible is possible for God.”
28Then Peter said,
“Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”
29“Yes,” Jesus said to them,
and I assure you that anyone who leaves home or wife or brothers
or parents or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God
30will receive much more in this present age and eternal life
in the age to come.
God bless you.
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