'Jesus, looking at him, loved him . . .' Sunday Reflections, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Christ and the Rich Young Ruler Heinrich Hoffmann [ Wikipedia ; attribution ] Jesus, looking at him, loved him . . . (Mark 1o:22; Gospel) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel Mark 10:17-30 (shorter form: 10:17-27) (English Standard Version, Anglicised) As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him...