Mark 10:22
20 “Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
21 Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
- KJV
- And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
- WEB
- But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
- ASV
- But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.
- DARBY
- But he, sad at the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.
- BLB
- And having been sad at the word, he went away grieving; for he was one having many possessions.
- ÅB
- Men han ble ille til mote over den tale og gikk bedrøvet bort; for han var meget rik.
- OTB
- Da ble mannens ansikt trist, og han gikk bort bedrøvet, for han hadde stor rikdom.
- B1930
- Men han blev ille til mote over den tale og gikk bedrøvet bort; for han var meget rik.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Read in contextLuke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Read in contextEphesians 5:5
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Read in contextMatthew 19:22
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextMatthew 13:22
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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