24. The disciples were shocked to hear this. So Jesus told them again, “It's terribly hard to get into God's kingdom!
25. In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom.”
26. Jesus' disciples were even more amazed. They asked each other, “How can anyone ever be saved?”
27. Jesus looked at them and said, “There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything.”
28. Peter replied, “Remember, we left everything to be your followers!”
29. Jesus told him:You can be sure that anyone who gives up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news
30. will be rewarded. In this world they will be given a hundred times as many houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and pieces of land, though they will also be ill-treated. And in the world to come, they will have eternal life.
31. But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.
32. The disciples were confused as Jesus led them towards Jerusalem, and his other followers were afraid. Once again, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and told them what was going to happen to him. He said:
33. We are now on our way to Jerusalem where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death and hand him over to foreigners,
34. who will make fun of him and spit on him. They will beat him and kill him. But three days later he will rise to life.
35. James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, will you do us a favour?”
36. Jesus asked them what they wanted,
37. and they answered, “When you come into your glory, please let one of us sit at your right side and the other at your left.”