Jesus did not teach salvation by works — Mark 10 (rich man) demonstrates the impossibility of works-righteousness and points to Christ's atoning sacrifice

Mike disagrees that Jesus taught works-based salvation. In Mark 10 (rich young ruler), Jesus demonstrates that even perfect commandment-keeping is insufficient — the man claims to have kept all commandments from youth, but the beginning of the passage shows the man's standard of "good" is too low, and the end declares it is impossible for a rich man to enter heaven by his own effort. Only through God is it possible — pointing to Jesus's own coming sacrifice. The passage is not teaching works-righteousness but exposing its impossibility.