YOUNG RULER.
Which of them?
CHRISTUS.
Thou shalt not
Commit adultery; thou shalt not kill;
Thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness;
Honor thy father and thy mother; and love
Thy neighbor as thyself.
YOUNG RULER.
From my youth up
All these things have I kept. What lack I yet?
JOHN. With what divine compassion in his eyes The Master looks upon this eager youth, As if he loved him!
CHRISTUS.
Wouldst thou perfect be,
Sell all thou hast, and give it to the poor,
And come, take up thy cross, and follow me,
And thou shalt have thy treasure in the heavens.
JOHN. Behold, how sorrowful he turns away!
CHRISTUS. Children! how hard it is for them that trust In riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 'T is easier for a camel to go through A needle's eye, than for the rich to enter The kingdom of God!
JOHN.
Ah, who then can be saved?
CHRISTUS. With men this is indeed impossible, But unto God all things are possible!
PETER. Behold, we have left all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefor?