Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the
Crown of Life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. –James 1:12
Solomon’s Respect For Wisdom
Therefore I prayed and understanding was given me;
I called on God and the Spirit of Wisdom came to me.
I preferred her to the scepters (an ornamental staff carried by rulers) and thrones
and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.
Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem
because all gold is but a little sand in her sight
and silver will be accounted as clay before her.
I loved her more than health and beauty
and I chose to have her rather than light
because her radiance never ceases.
All good things came to me along with her
and in her hands uncounted wealth.
I rejoiced in them all because wisdom leads them
but I did not know that she was their mother.
I learned without guile and I impart without grudging;
I did not hide her wealth, for it is an unfailing treasure for mortals;
Those who get it obtain friendship with God,
commended for the gifts that come from instruction. –Wisdom 7:7-14
The Rich Man
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked,
‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
Commandments: You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal;
You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.”
the rich man said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing. Go sell what you own and give
the money to the poor and you will have treasure in Heaven; Then come follow me.”
When the rich man heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving,
for he had many possessions.
Then Jesus looked around and said to His Disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have
wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!” The Disciples were perplexed at these words but Jesus
said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a
camel to go through an eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of
God.” The Disciples were astounded and said to one another, ‘Then who can be saved?’
Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible but not for God;
For God all things are possible.”
Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed You.’
Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother
or father or children or fields for My sake and for the sake of The Good News, who will not
receive a hundredfold now in this age — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers
and children and fields, with persecutions — and in the age to come eternal life.
Many who are first will be last and the last will be first.” –Mark 10:17-31
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