21. And he replied, All these I have kept from my youth.
22. And when Jesus heard it, He said to him, One thing you still lack. Sell everything that you have and divide [the money] among the poor, and you will have [rich] treasure in heaven; and come back [and] follow Me [become My disciple, join My party, and accompany Me].
23. But when he heard this, he became distressed and very sorrowful, for he was rich–exceedingly so.
24. Jesus, observing him, 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 enter through a needle's eye than [for] a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
26. And those who heard it said, Then who can be saved?
27. But He said, What is impossible with men is possible with God. [Gen. 18:14; Jer. 32:17.]
28. And Peter said, See, we have left our own [things–home, family, and business] and have followed You.
29. And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
30. Who will not receive in return many times more in this world and, in the coming age, eternal life.
31. Then taking the Twelve [apostles] aside, He said to them, Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written about the Son of Man through and by the prophets will be fulfilled. [Isa. 53:1-12.]
32. For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of and scoffed and jeered at and insulted and spit upon. [Isa. 50:6.]
33. They will flog Him and kill Him; and on the third day He will rise again. [Ps. 16:10.]
34. But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them.
35. As He came near to Jericho, it occurred that a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
36. And hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.
37. They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.
38. And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!
39. But those who were in front reproved him, telling him to keep quiet; yet he screamed and shrieked so much the more, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!