What did Jesus say about money and wealth?

Money and wealth were subjects I returned to again and again, because I saw how deeply they shape a person's heart. The sharpest moment came with a wealthy young ruler who asked how to inherit eternal life. When he said he had kept all the commandments, I told him he still lacked one thing. As recorded in the Gospel of Luke: “Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me” He walked away sad. Then I said to those watching — and Mark's Gospel records a telling detail the others don't: “Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God” That word trust is the heart of it. The danger is not coins in a purse; it is where your confidence finally rests. The deepest structural point I made was this, recorded in both Matthew and Luke: “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon” Wealth becomes a rival lord. That is why I warned against anxious accumulation and pointed instead to ravens and lilies — creatures that neither hoard nor worry, yet are cared for. And I commended the poor widow who gave everything she had, saying she gave more than the wealthy donors — because generosity is measured not by amount, but by what it costs you.