23. Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! ”
24. But the disciples were astonished at His words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is 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 person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26. So they were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved? ”
27. Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”
28. Peter began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
29. “I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,
30. who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions — and eternal life in the age to come.
31. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
32. They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. They were astonished, but those who followed Him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, He began to tell them the things that would happen to Him.
33. “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death. Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles,
34. and they will mock Him, spit on Him, flog Him, and kill Him, and He will rise after three days.”
35. Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”