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  • Luke 18:22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 22 After hearing that, Jesus said to him, “There is still one thing lacking about you: Sell all the things you have and distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens; and come be my follower.”+

  • Luke 18:22
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 22 ἀκούσας Having heard δὲ but ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus εἶπεν said αὐτῷ to him Ἔτι Yet ἕν one (thing) σοι to you λείπει· is wanting; πάντα all (things) ὅσα as many as ἔχεις you are having πώλησον sell καὶ and διάδος distribute πτωχοῖς, to poor (ones), καὶ and ἕξεις you will have θησαυρὸν treasure ἐν in τοῖς the οὐρανοῖς, heavens, καὶ and δεῦρο hither ἀκολούθει be follower μοι. to me.

  • Luke 18:22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 22 After hearing that, Jesus said to him: “There is yet one thing lacking about you: Sell all the things you have and distribute to poor people, and you will have treasure in the heavens; and come be my follower.”+

  • Luke 18:22
    The Bible in Living English
    • 22 And Jesus, hearing that, said to him “One thing you still lack: sell everything you have and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have a fund laid by in heaven; and come and follow me.”

  • Luke 18:22
    American Standard Version
    • 22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

  • Luke 18:22
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 22 And Jesus hearing said unto him—Yet one thing unto thee is lacking: Whatsoever thou hast sell, and distribute unto the destitute,—And thou shalt have treasure in [the] heavens; And come! be following me.

  • Luke 18:22
    King James Version
    • 22 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.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 18:22 it-2 805-806; jy 224; gt chapter 96; w89 8/1 8-9; w86 6/15 9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 18:22 ad 1408; w67 42; g62 2/8 21; he 38

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 18:22

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 805-806

      Jesus—The Way, pp. 224-225

      The Watchtower,

      8/1/1989, pp. 8-9

      6/15/1986, pp. 8-9

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 18
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 18:22

      Jesus said to him: Jesus saw how earnest the ruler was and, according to Mr 10:21, “felt love for him.” However, Jesus may have realized that the man would need to cultivate a greater degree of self-sacrifice to become a disciple, so he told him: Sell all the things you have and distribute the proceeds to the poor. Unlike Peter and others who left everything to follow Jesus, this young man could not part with his possessions to become a disciple.​—Mt 4:20, 22; Lu 18:23, 28.

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