When Avram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Avram, and said to him, *I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Matthew 19:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yeshua 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.* 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 Avram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Avram, and said to him, *I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.
This is the history of the generations of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noach walked with God.
There was a man in the land of `Utz, whose name was Iyov. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of shalom.
Then Yeshua said to his talmidim, *If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
The young man said to him, *All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?*
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
Yeshua 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 Yisra'el.
He said to them, *Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.*
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
But Yeshua said to him, *Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.*
As Yeshua passed by from there, he saw a man called Mattityahu sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, *Follow me.* He got up and followed him.
Yeshua looking at him loved him, and said to him, *One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.*
As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Chalfai, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, *Follow me.* And he arose and followed him.
He called the multitude to himself with his talmidim, and said to them, *Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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.
So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my talmid.
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.
When Yeshua heard these things, he said to him, *You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.*
After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, *Follow me!*
A talmid is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
He said to all, *If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.