19. Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
20. You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”
21. And he replied, “All of these I have observed from my youth.”
22. When Jesus heard this he said to him, “There is still one thing left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
23. But when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was very rich.
24. Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
25. For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26. Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?”
27. And he said, “What is impossible for human beings is possible for God.”
28. Then Peter said, “We have given up our possessions and followed you.”
29. He said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
30. who will not receive [back] an overabundant return in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”
31. Then he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
32. He will be handed over to the Gentiles and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon;
33. and after they have scourged him they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise.”
34. But they understood nothing of this; the word remained hidden from them and they failed to comprehend what he said.
35. Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,
36. and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening.
37. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
38. He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!”
39. The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!”