Bible Verses About Young Men

But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was wealthy.

As he was starting on his way, a man ran up, kneeled down in front of him and asked, "Good rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?"

Yeshua said to him, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God!

You know the mitzvot -- `Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony, don't defraud, honor your father and mother, . .'"

"Rabbi," he said, "I have kept all these since I was a boy."

Yeshua, looking at him, felt love for him and said to him, "You're missing one thing. Go, sell whatever you own, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!"

Shocked by this word, he went away sad; because he was a wealthy man.

Again Yeshua said, “A man had two sons.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will be mine.’ So the father divided the property between them.

As soon as he could convert his share into cash, the younger son left home and went off to a distant country, where he squandered his money in reckless living.

But after he had spent it all, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch.

“So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

He longed to fill his stomach with the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him any.

“At last he came to his senses and said, ‘Any number of my father’s hired workers have food to spare; and here I am, starving to death!

I’m going to get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you;

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.” ’

So he got up and started back to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran and threw his arms around him and kissed him warmly.

His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son — ’

but his father said to his slaves, ‘Quick, bring out a robe, the best one, and put it on him; and put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet;

and bring the calf that has been fattened up, and kill it. Let’s eat and have a celebration!

For this son of mine was dead, but now he’s alive again! He was lost, but now he has been found!’ And they began celebrating.

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came close to the house, he heard music and dancing.

So he called one of the servants and asked, ‘What’s going on?’

The servant told him, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father has slaughtered the calf that was fattened up, because he has gotten him back safe and sound.’

But the older son became angry and refused to go inside. “So his father came out and pleaded with him.