{"id":10026,"date":"2024-08-29T09:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10026"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:26:31","slug":"mark-chapter-10-the-rich-and-the-kingdom-of-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10026","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 10 The Rich and the Kingdom of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees&nbsp;before him. \u201cGood teacher,\u201d he asked, \u201cwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhy do you call me good?\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0Jesus answered.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cNo one is good\u2014except God alone.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>You know the commandments: \u2018You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.\u2019\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cTeacher,\u201d he declared, \u201call these I have kept since I was a boy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus looked at him and loved him.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cOne thing you lack,\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0he said.\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cGo, sell everything you have and give to the poor,\u00a0and you will have treasure in heaven.\u00a0Then come, follow me.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>At this the man\u2019s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cHow hard it is for the rich\u00a0to enter the kingdom of God!\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cChildren, how hard it is\u00a0to enter the kingdom of God!\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, \u201cWho then can be saved?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus looked at them and said,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cWith man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Peter spoke up, \u201cWe have left everything to follow you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cTruly I tell you,\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0Jesus replied,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cno one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>will fail to receive a hundred times as much\u00a0in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields\u2014along with persecutions\u2014and in the age to come\u00a0eternal life.\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>But many who are first will be last, and the last first.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17&nbsp;As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees&nbsp;before him. \u201cGood teacher,\u201d he asked, \u201cwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d 18\u00a0\u201cWhy do you call me good?\u201d\u00a0Jesus answered.\u00a0\u201cNo one is good\u2014except God alone.\u00a019\u00a0You know the commandments: \u2018You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10026","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark Chapter 10 The Rich and the Kingdom of God &#8212; 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