019:020 "All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept.
What do I still lack?"
019:021 "If you desire to be perfect," replied Jesus, "go and sell
all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have
wealth in Heaven; and come, follow me."
019:022 On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down;
for he had much property.
019:023 So Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly tell you that it
is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom
of the Heavens.
019:024 Yes, 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."
019:025 These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked,
"Who then can be saved?"
019:026 Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible,
but with God everything is possible."
019:027 Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything
and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?"
019:028 "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that in the New Creation,
when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne,
all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve
thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
019:029 And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters,
or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake,
shall receive many times as much and shall have as his
inheritance the Life of the Ages.
019:030 "But many who are now first will be last, and many who are
now last will be first.
020:001 "For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went
out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,