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Luke 18:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

After he heard this, he became extremely sad,  because he was very rich.

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So my people come to you in crowds,  sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.


Do not love the world  or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly


He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’


As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life,   and produce no mature fruit.


But he was dismayed by this demand, and he went away grieving,  because he had many possessions.


When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.


Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity,  lust,  evil desire, and greed,  which is idolatry.


More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value  of knowing Christ  Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ


For know and recognise this: Every sexually immoral  or impure  or greedy  person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom  of Christ and of God.


But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor,  Lord. And if I have extorted  anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.’


When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor,   and you will have treasure in heaven.   Then come, follow me.’


Seeing that he became sad,  Jesus said, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!





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