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Matthew 19:19-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. honor your father and your mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

20. The young man said to him, “All these I have observed. What do I still lack?”

21. Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the proceeds to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”

22. But when the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

23. And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven!

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