Luke 18:18–27 (ESV)
The Rich Ruler’s Question
18: And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19: And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
20: You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”
21: And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”
A Call to Surrender
22: When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
23: But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
The Difficulty of Wealth
24: Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
25: For 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: Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27: But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”