When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
Matthew 19:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘If you want to be perfect,’ Jesus said to him, ‘go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered him, If you would be perfect [that is, have that spiritual maturity which accompanies self-sacrificing character], go and sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; and come, be My disciple [side with My party and follow Me]. American Standard Version (1901) Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Common English Bible Jesus said, “If you want to be complete, go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. And come follow me.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus said to him: "If you are willing to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.
There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
‘I have kept all these,’ the young man told him. ‘What do I still lack? ’
When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me,’ and he got up and followed him.
Looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me,’ and he got up and followed him.
Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth , so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
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.’
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
Then he said to them all, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.
If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.
They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.
For you sympathised with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession. ,