Luke 18:18-43 ▼

18 And a ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

20 You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”

21 And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”

22 And when Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack: sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”

23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

24 And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

25 For 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.”

26 And those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

27 But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

28 And Peter said, “Behold, we have left all that is our own and followed You.”

29 And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

30 who will not receive many times more at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”

31 But when He took the twelve aside, He said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be completed.

32 For He will be delivered over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,

33 and after they have flogged Him, they will kill Him, and the third day He will rise again.”

34 But the disciples understood none of these things, and this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

35 Now it happened that as Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

36 Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

37 They reported to him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

38 And he called out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39 And those who went ahead were rebuking him so that he would be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40 And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him, and when he came near, He questioned him,

41 “What do you want Me to do for you?” And he said, “Lord, I want to regain my sight!”

42 And Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.”

43 Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God. And when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.