Matthew 19:21-27

21Jesus said to him, ‘If you want to be completely good, then you must do this: You must sell everything that you have. Then give the money to poor people. If you do that, you will have many valuable things in heaven. Then come back and be my disciple.’

22When the young man heard this, he went away. He was not happy. He was feeling sad because he was a very rich man.

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘What I say is true. It is very difficult for rich people to let God rule in their lives.

24The hole in a needle is very small. A camel cannot go through it! But I tell you, it is even more difficult than that for a rich person to let God rule in their life.’

25When the disciples heard this, they were even more surprised. They said, ‘So perhaps God will not save anyone!’

26Jesus looked at them and he replied, ‘For people, it really is impossible. But God can do it. God can do everything.’

27Peter said to Jesus, ‘Look! We have left everything that we had. Now we are your disciples. What will we receive because we have done this?’