"I tried going to church, so why isn't it working?"

"Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

- Mark 10:20-22

Jesus looked at him and ... loved him.

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."

- Luke 9:23