9He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
10“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed1 thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
13But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
18And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
20You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”
21And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”
22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
23But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
24Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
25For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
28And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.”
29And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers2 or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
31And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
32For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
33And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.”
34But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
