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17 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
18 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God... 21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” Mark 10:21

The second gospel, The Gospel of Mark, was written by the apostle Mark. But he wrote this book primarily based off the teachings of Simon Peter about Jesus. Many believe that Mark is the same John Mark mentioned in the book of Acts many times. He was mentioned in Acts 12:12 because of his mother’s prominence in the church. He also accompanied Paul and Barnabus on this first missionary journey. John Mark also ministered to Paul in prison and spent time in Rome with Peter. (Hays and Duvall, 558).
The gospel of Mark is typically attributed to the decade A.D. 60-70. Many people believe that Mark began this gospel while Peter was alive, but he finished it after he was killed. Peter was martyred in Rome during this time period which is why this decade is typically attributed to the gospel. The gospel’s purpose of supporting those in persecution and hard times was apparent during this decade. At this time Neronian persecution was very intense following the great fire of Rome (A.D. 64). The gospel of Mark was meant to sustain the Christians who were exposed to suffering and death by encouraging them with Jesus’s life and ministry.
Mark 10:1-31 describe the relational responsibilities of a Christ follower. This story takes place in the Judea region...

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...n. He told the man this because he had made his possessions his idol or something he wasn’t willing to put under God’s control.
According to the scribal legislation, a follower was not allowed to giving away all of their possessions because it would reduce a man to poverty. In contrast Jesus calls for a definite sacrifice so that the rich young man would know exactly who his master was.
This call was a radical call to eradicate his life from the thing that’s keeping him from following Christ fully. The answer to the question he posed in verse 17 is not to sell everything. It is to answer the call to follow Christ, and that must be done in the right way. If he did not follow this radical change in his life, then he would not really be following Christ. When he refused Jesus’s request, he denied the authentic life offered to him by following Christ. (Lane, 1974)

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