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-# Connecting Statement:
+# A certain ruler asked him
 
-This is the next event in the part of the story which began in [Luke 17:20](../17/20.md). Jesus begins to talk with a ruler about entering the kingdom of heaven.
+"A certain ruler asked Jesus"
 
-# A certain ruler
-
-This introduces a new character in the story. It only identifies him by his position. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants]])
-
-# what must I do
-
-"what do I need to do" or "what is required of me"
-
-# inherit eternal life
-
-"receive life that does not end." The term "inherit" usually refers to the property that a man left to his children when he dies. Therefore, this metaphor may mean he understood himself to be a child of God and desired for God to give him eternal life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+# to inherit eternal life
 
+"to receive life that does not end" 
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