Matthew 19:21

A Conservative Version

Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Cross References

Mark 10:21

And having looked at him, Jesus loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lack. Go thou, sell as many things as thou have, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And after taking up the cross, come, follow me

Luke 18:22

And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Luke 12:33

Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.

Luke 14:33

So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

Acts 2:45

And they sold properties and possessions, and divided them to all, according as any man had need.

John 12:26

If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.

Luke 9:23

And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Matthew 5:48

Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

Luke 16:9

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

Matthew 19:28

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man will sit on the throne of his glory, ye also will sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luke 6:40

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher.

Luke 5:27

And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me.

Mark 8:34

And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 9:9

And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him.

Hebrews 10:34

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

Mark 2:14

And as he passed by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow thou me. And having risen, he followed him.

Matthew 8:22

But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Matthew 4:19

And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a [happy] end to the man of peace.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Matthew 19:20

The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet?

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.