adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, 19 honor
your father and mother, and, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
20 The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still
lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you
possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me." 22 But when the young man heard this, he went away
sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, it is hard
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this they were
greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26 But Jesus
looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with
God all things are possible." 27 Then Peter answered him, "Behold, we
have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" 28
Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when
the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me
will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And
every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or
children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and
inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last
first.
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1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out
early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had
agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his
vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing
idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard
too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. 5 Again he went
out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. 6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle,
and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?' 7 They
said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go
into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.' 8 And when
evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the
laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the
first.' 9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour,
they each received a denarius. 10 So when the first came, they thought
they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. 11
And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,
12 saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made
them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.' 13
But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you
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