20Now, to the repentant, he has given the way of justice, and he has strengthened those lacking in patience, and he has fastened them to a destiny of truth. 21Convert to the Lord, and relinquish your sins. 22Make supplication before the face of the Lord, and diminish your offenses. 23Return to the Lord, and turn away from your injustice, and have immense hatred for abomination. 24And acknowledge the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the circumstances set before you and in prayer to the most high God.
1The understanding of David himself. Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered. 2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3Because I was silent, my bones grew old, while still I cried out all day long. 4For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing. 5I have acknowledged my offense to you, and I have not concealed my injustice. I said, “I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,” and you forgave the impiety of my sin. 6For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time. Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, they will not draw near to him. 7You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.
17And when he had departed on the way, a certain one, running up and kneeling before him, asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do, so that I may secure eternal life?” 18But Jesus said to him, “Why call me good? No one is good except the one God. 19You know the precepts: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother.” 20But in response, he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.” 21Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” 22But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions. 23And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” 24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: “Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the rich to enter into the kingdom of God.” 26And they wondered even more, saying among themselves, “Who, then, can be saved?” 27And Jesus, gazing at them, said: “With men it is impossible; but not with God. For with God all things are possible.”