14. "I tell you, the tax collector went home accepted by God. But not the Pharisee. Everyone who lifts himself up will be brought down. And anyone who is brought down will be lifted up."
15. People were also bringing babies to Jesus. They wanted him to touch them. When the disciples saw this, they told the people to stop.
16. But Jesus asked the children to come to him. "Let the little children come to me," he said. "Don't keep them away. God's kingdom belongs to people like them.
17. What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God's kingdom like a little child will never enter it."
18. A certain ruler asked Jesus a question. "Good teacher," he said, "what must I do to receive eternal life?"
19. "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good except God.
20. You know what the commandments say. 'Do not commit adultery. Do not commit murder. Do not steal. Do not give false witness. Honor your father and mother.' " (Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20)
21. "I have obeyed all those commandments since I was a boy," the ruler said.