10:15. Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of
God as a little child shall not enter into it.
10:16. And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed
them.
10:17. And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running
up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do
that I may receive life everlasting?
10:18. And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good
but one, that is God.
None is good. . .Of himself entirely and essentially, but God alone; men
may be good also, but only by participation of God's goodness.
10:19. Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not
kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy
father and mother.
10:20. But he answering, said to him: Master, all these things I have
observed from my youth.
10:21. And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him: One thing
is wanting unto thee. Go, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the
poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
10:22. Who being struck sad at that saying, went away sorrowful: for he
had great possessions.
10:23. And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How
hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
10:24. And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again
answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust
in riches to enter into the kingdom of God?
10:25. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
10:26. Who wondered the more, saying among themselves: Who then can be
saved?
10:27. And Jesus looking on them, saith with men it is impossible; but
not with God. For all things are possible with God.
10:28. And Peter began to say unto him: Behold, we have left all things
and have followed thee.
10:29. Jesus answering said: Amen I say to you, there is no man who
hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or children
or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,
10:30. Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this
time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and
lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting.
10:31. But many that are first shall be last: and the last, first.
10:32. And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem: and Jesus went
before them. And they were astonished and following were afraid. And
taking again the twelve, he began to tell them the things that should
befall him.
10:33. Saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall
be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and ancients. And
they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles.
10:34. And they shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill
him: and the third day he shall rise again.
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