10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
• Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
• Luke 6:24 — But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
• Luke 8:14 — And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
• Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Luke 21:34 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
• Mark 10:22 — And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
• Mark 10:22 — And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
• Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
• Matt 19:22 — But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
• Matt 19:22 — But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.