Once a man came to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good thing must I do to receive eternal life?"

"What commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely;

"I have obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else do I need to do?"

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.

I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."

Jesus looked straight at them and answered, "This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible."

Jesus said to them, "You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

But many who now are first will be last, and many who now are last will be first.

A Jewish leader asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"

You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.' "

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."

Jesus saw that he was sad and said, "How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!

The people who heard him asked, "Who, then, can be saved?"

Then Peter said, "Look! We have left our homes to follow you."

will receive much more in this present age and eternal life in the age to come."

Jesus noticed that the crowd was closing in on them, so he gave a command to the evil spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!"

So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

A man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to Jesus, knelt down, and begged him for help. "If you want to," he said, "you can make me clean."

When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.

When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him,

They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?"

One night he went to Jesus and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him."

So they asked him, "What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?"

When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What shall we do, brothers?"

"But get up and go into the city, where you will be told what you must do."

Then he led them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge.

For Christ has brought the Law to an end, so that everyone who believes is put right with God.

You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.

For sin pays its wage---death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

And this is what Christ himself promised to give us---eternal life.