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By the time Jesus had finished talking with Matadormus, Peter and a number of the apostles had gathered about him, and as the rich young man was departing, Jesus turned around to face the apostles and said:

By the time Jesus had finished talking with Matadormus, Peter and a number of the apostles had gathered about him, and as the rich young man was departing, Jesus turned around to face the apostles and said:

*"You see how difficult it is for those who have riches to enter fully into the kingdom of God! Spiritual worship cannot be shared with material devotions. No man can serve two masters. You have a saying that it is `easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the heathen to inherit eternal life.' And I declare that it is as easy for this camel to go through the needle's eye as for these self-satisfied rich ones to enter the kingdom of heaven."

*<u>"You see how difficult it is for those who have '''riches''' to enter fully into the kingdom of God!</u> Spiritual worship cannot be shared with material devotions. No man can serve two masters. You have a saying that it is `easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the heathen to inherit eternal life.' And I declare that it is as easy for this camel to go through the needle's eye as for these self-satisfied rich ones to enter the kingdom of heaven."

When Peter and the apostles heard these words, they were astonished exceedingly, so much so that Peter said:

When Peter and the apostles heard these words, they were astonished exceedingly, so much so that Peter said:

*"Who then, Lord, can be saved? '''Shall all who have riches be kept out of the kingdom'''?"

*"Who then, Lord, can be saved? Shall all who have riches be kept out of the kingdom?"

And Jesus replied:   

And Jesus replied: