And as He was setting out on the way, one came running, and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?”
And יהושע said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One – Elohim.
You know the commands, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not rob,’ ‘Respect your father and your mother.’
And he answering, said to Him, “Teacher, all these I have watched over from my youth.”
And יהושע, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One matter you lack: Go, sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me, taking up the stake.”
But he, being sad at this word, went away grieved, for he had many possessions.
And יהושע, looking around, said to His taught ones, “How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the reign of Elohim!”
And the taught ones were astonished at His words. And יהושע responding, said to them again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the reign of Elohim!
“It is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the reign of Elohim.”
And they were immeasurably astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then is able to be saved?”
And looking at them, יהושע said, “With men it is impossible, but not with Elohim, for with Elohim all is possible.”
And Kĕpha began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and we have followed You.”
יהושע said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for the sake of Me and the Good News,
who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, everlasting life.
But many who are first shall be last, and the last first.
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