19:16 有一個人來見耶穌，說：「夫子（有古卷：良善的夫子），我該做甚麼善事才能得永生？」
19:17 耶穌對他說：「你為甚麼以善事問我呢？只有一位是善的（有古卷：你為甚麼稱我是良善的？除了上帝以外，沒有一個良善的）。你若要進入永生，就當遵守誡命。」
19:18 他說：「甚麼誡命？」耶穌說：「就是不可殺人；不可姦淫；不可偷盜；不可作假見證；
19:19 當孝敬父母；又當愛人如己。」
19:20 那少年人說：「這一切我都遵守了，還缺少甚麼呢？」
19:21 耶穌說：「你若願意作完全人，可去變賣你所有的，分給窮人，就必有財寶在天上；你還要來跟從我。」
19:22 那少年人聽見這話，就憂憂愁愁地走了，因為他的產業很多。
19:23 耶穌對門徒說：「我實在告訴你們，財主進天國是難的。
19:24 我又告訴你們，駱駝穿過針的眼，比財主進上帝的國還容易呢！」
19:25 門徒聽見這話，就希奇得很，說：「這樣誰能得救呢？」
19:26 耶穌看著他們，說：「在人這是不能的，在上帝凡事都能。」
19:27 彼得就對他說：「看哪，我們已經撇下所有的跟從你，將來我們要得甚麼呢？」
19:28 耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，你們這跟從我的人，到復興的時候，人子坐在他榮耀的寶座上，你們也要坐在十二個寶座上，審判以色列十二個支派。
19:29 凡為我的名撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父親、母親、（有古卷加：妻子、）兒女、田地的，必要得著百倍，並且承受永生。
19:30 然而，有許多在前的，將要在後；在後的，將要在前。」
16 Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”
17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
18 “Which ones?” he inquired.
Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,’[c] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’[d]”
20 “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
27 Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[e] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
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一般的宗教與哲學都是以人的行為當出發點，並且以此來斷定人的好壞。但是主耶穌的教導是超越這些，祂的教導是人要和上帝恢復和好與親密的關係，而表現上是要跟隨主耶穌，做主耶穌的學生！
那位少年人雖然遵行了律法的要求，卻不願意放下所有的來跟隨主耶穌，以至於他無法享受到門徒們所得的獎賞，如主耶穌所說：「我實在告訴你們，你們這跟從我的人，到復興的時候，人子坐在他榮耀的寶座上，你們也要坐在十二個寶座上，審判以色列十二個支派。凡為我的名撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父親、母親、（有古卷加：妻子、）兒女、田地的，必要得著百倍，並且承受永生。」
主耶穌在這裡清楚地說到跟隨主的好處，或說是「獎賞」！但是，要得這樣獎賞的人是肯為主耶穌放下一切的人，願意看萬事如糞土，為要得著基督為至寶！你願意嗎？
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