Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God."
Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life (Luke 18:25-30).”
Here we have the difficulty of the rich getting into the kingdom (the rich young ruler) contrasted with those who do make it.
The disciples gave up family and possessions and bought for themselves a place in eternity.
The story after this passage had to do with Jesus opening the eyes of a blind man. As my last blog stated, this is a metaphore of what was going on around Jesus. As the spiritual eyes of people were opened, they gave everything or a good portion of what they had to help the poor.
After the blind man received his sight, Luke turns us to Zaccaeus who gave a good portion of what he had, because he too could see.
The disciples gave up family and possessions and bought for themselves a place in eternity.
The story after this passage had to do with Jesus opening the eyes of a blind man. As my last blog stated, this is a metaphore of what was going on around Jesus. As the spiritual eyes of people were opened, they gave everything or a good portion of what they had to help the poor.
After the blind man received his sight, Luke turns us to Zaccaeus who gave a good portion of what he had, because he too could see.
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