A Rich Man Refuses to Follow Jesus

A religious leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?”

Jesus said to him, “you know his commands: ‘You must not murder anyone, you must not steal, you must not tell lies about others’

But the leader said, “I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy.”

When Jesus heard this, he said to the leader, “But there is still one thing you need to do. Sell everything you have and give the money to those who are poor. Then come and follow me.” But when the man heard Jesus tell him to give away his money, he was sad. He didn’t want to do this, because he was very rich.