When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
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When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
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When Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto him: Yet lackest thou one thinge. Sell all that thou hast and distribute it vnto the poore and thou shalt have treasure in heven and come and folowe me.
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Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come follow mee.
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Passages linked to Luke 18:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 12:33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
- 1 Timothy 6:18-19 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
- Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
- Matthew 6:19-20 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
- Luke 9:57-62 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.” Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.” Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.” But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
- Luke 10:42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
- Luke 16:9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
- Luke 9:23 He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
- Acts 2:44-45 All who believed were together, and had all things in common. They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
- Acts 4:34-37 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need. Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
- 2 Peter 3:8 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- Matthew 19:27-28 Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said…
22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Ver. 22. Yet lackest thou one thing] Yea, all things. But our Saviour speaketh thus by a holy irony.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Here observe, 1. Our Lord’s admonition, Yet lackest thou…
Here observe, 1. Our Lord’s admonition, Yet lackest thou one thing, which was true self-denial, in renouncing the sin of covetousness, and the inordinate love of worldly wealth. We ought, in the midst of our abundance, to maintain a readiness of disposition to part with all for God’s sake, that is dear unto us in this world.
Observe, 2. Our Lord’s injunction, Sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor. This was not a common, but a special precept, given particularly to this rich man for trial; like that given to Abraham, Genesis 22 and to convince him of his corrupt confidence in riches; yet is the precept thus far of general use to all, to teach us so to contemn worldly possessions, as to be willing to part with them all at God’s pleasure and when they prejudice our salvation.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now when Jesus heard these things,.... That he had…
Now when Jesus heard these things,.... That he had kept all these commandments, and that ever since he was a child, and to that very time:
he said unto him, yet lackest thou one thing; not but that he lacked many other things, and even every thing: for he had performed no one thing as it should be: but Christ said, partly in answer to his pert question, "what lack I yet?" and partly by an ironical concession, granting he had kept them all, as he had said, yet one thing was wanting; and chiefly with a view to mortify his pride and vanity:
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sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me; See Gill on Mat 19:21.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Yet lackest thou one thing - Namely, to love…
Yet lackest thou one thing - Namely, to love God more than mammon. Our saviour knew his heart, and presently put him upon a trial which laid it open to the ruler himself. And to cure his love of the world, which could not in him be cured otherwise, Christ commanded him to sell all that he had. But he does not command us to do this; but to use all to the glory of God.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain lackest . . . one thing--Ah! but that a…
lackest . . . one thing--Ah! but that a fundamental, fatal lack.
sell, &c.--As riches were his idol, our Lord, who knew if from the first, lays His great authoritative grasp at once upon it, saying, "Now give Me up that, and all is right." No general direction about the disposal of riches, then, is here given, save that we are to sit loose to them and lay them at the feet of Him who gave them. He who does this with all he has, whether rich or poor, is a true heir of the kingdom of heaven.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. when Jesus heard these things] St Mark says…
22. when Jesus heard these things] St Mark says that ‘looking on him, he loved him,’ or rather, ‘was pleased with him.’ Some have rendered the words ‘He kissed him,’ since Rabbis in token of approval sometimes kissed a good scholar on the head; this, however, would require not egapesen, but ephilesen. There was something gracious and sincere in the youth’s eagerness, and therefore Jesus gave him that test of something more high and heroical in religion which he seemed to desire, but to which he failed to rise.
Yet lackest thou one thing] This command to sell all and give to the poor was special, not general. The youth had asked for some great thing to do, and Jesus, by thus revealing to him his own self-deception, shews him that in spite of his spiritual pride and profession of magnanimity he is but trying to serve two masters. The disciples had already accepted the test, Luk_12:33, Luk_16:9. To the world in general the command is not to sell all, but ‘not to trust in uncertain riches, but to be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate,’ 1Ti_6:17-19.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) Yet lackest thou one thing.—It may be noted…
(22) Yet lackest thou one thing.—It may be noted that the words almost imply the previous question, which has just been referred to.
And come, follow me.—St. Luke, with St. Matthew, omits the “taking up thy cross,” which is found in many, but not all, MSS. of St. Mark.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto…
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. St. Mark, (Mar_10:21) who had St. Peter"s memories to draw from, adds here a very touching detail. "Jesus beholding him looking earnestly at him loved him." There was something noble and true in that life, struggling in the imperfect light of the rabbinic teaching after eternity and heaven, and feeling that in all its struggles some element was surely wanting; and Jesus, as he gazed on the young earnest face, loved him, and proceeded to show him how far removed his life was as yet from the perfect life he dreamed of attaining to. He would show him in a moment how selfish, how earthly, were his thoughts and aims; how firmly chained to earth that heart of his, which he thought only longed for heaven.
Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me; " Well," the Master said, "I will test you. You say you have from your child-days kept your whole duty to your neighbour; you say that you hunger after the higher righteousness. Do you really? Will you indeed be perfect? (Mat_19:21) Then I will tell you what you lack. Go, sell those great possessions which I know you love so dearly, and give all to the poor, and come, take up the cross, (Mar_10:21) and follow me, the homeless, landless Teacher whom you call by the Divine title "good. The "cross" of St. Mark only Jesus understood then in all its dread significance. It was coming then very near; and the great Teacher saw that his true servants, if they would indeed follow him, must follow him along that lonely road of suffering he was then treading. "Via crucis, via lucis." The young ruler, with his great wealth, thought he had from his youth done his whole duty to his neighbour. The Galilaean Master, whom he so reverenced and admired, reminded him that out of those wide domains, those stored-up riches, out of the mammon of unrighteousness, he had forgotten to make to himself friends who, when he died, should receive him into the eternal tents of heaven. This is what he lacked, lie had probably heard the Lord"s teaching in the parables of the unjust steward and of Lazarus.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 When Jesus heard that
When Jesus heard that
"When Jesus heard the man say that"
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he said to him
"he answered him"
One thing you still lack
"You still need to do one more thing" or "There is one thing that you have not yet done"
sell all that you have
"sell all your possessions" or "sell everything that you own"
distribute it to the poor
"give away the money to the poor people"
you will have treasure in heaven
"treasure in heaven" here refers to God's blessing. AT: "you will have God's blessings in heaven" (See: Metaphor)
come, follow me
"come with me as my disciple"
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Jesus
heaven
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:22 The man’s love of his riches revealed that…
18:22 The man’s love of his riches revealed that he had not perfectly obeyed God; he did not love God or others in the way that God requires (10:25-28). Love of riches is a form of idolatry (Eph 5:5; Col 3:5).
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