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Selected Verse: Luke 18:22 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 18:22	Strong Concordance	Now [1161] when Jesus [2424] heard [191] these things [5023], he said [2036] unto him [846], Yet [2089] lackest [3007] thou [4671] one [1520] thing: sell [4453] all [3956] that [3745] thou hast [2192], and [2532] distribute [1239] unto the poor [4434], and [2532] thou shalt have [2192] treasure [2344] in [1722] heaven [3772]: and [2532] come [1204], follow [190] me [3427].
	King James	Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
lackest . . . one thing--Ah! but that a fundamental, fatal lack. sell, &c.--As riches were his idol, our Lord, who knew if from the first, lays His great authoritative grasp at once upon it, saying, "Now give Me up that, and all is right." No general direction about the disposal of riches, then, is here given, save that we are to sit loose to them and lay them at the feet of Him who gave them. He who does this with all he has, whether rich or poor, is a true heir of the kingdom of heaven.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

lackest . . . one thing--Ah! but that a fundamental, fatal lack.

sell, &c.--As riches were his idol, our Lord, who knew if from the first, lays His great authoritative grasp at once upon it, saying, "Now give Me up that, and all is right." No general direction about the disposal of riches, then, is here given, save that we are to sit loose to them and lay them at the feet of Him who gave them. He who does this with all he has, whether rich or poor, is a true heir of the kingdom of heaven.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Yet lackest thou one thing (ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει) Lit., still one thing is lacking to thee. Mark alone adds that Jesus, looking upon him, loved him. Come (δεῦρο) Lit., hither.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Yet lackest thou one thing (ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει)

Lit., still one thing is lacking to thee. Mark alone adds that Jesus, looking upon him, loved him.

Come (δεῦρο)

Lit., hither.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Yet lackest thou one thing - Namely, to love God more than mammon. Our Saviour knew his heart, and presently put him upon a trial which laid it open to the ruler himself. And to cure his love of the world, which could not in him be cured otherwise, Christ commanded him to sell all that he had. But he does not command us to do this; but to use all to the glory of God.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Yet lackest thou one thing - Namely, to love God more than mammon. Our Saviour knew his heart, and presently put him upon a trial which laid it open to the ruler himself. And to cure his love of the world, which could not in him be cured otherwise, Christ commanded him to sell all that he had. But he does not command us to do this; but to use all to the glory of God.

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