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Mark 10:22

And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

KJV

ὁ δὲ στυγνάσας ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ ἀπῆλθεν λυπούμενος· ἦν γὰρ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά.

Greek NT

Qui contristatus in verbo, abiit mœrens : erat enim habens multas possessiones.

Vulgate

But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.

ASV

Who being struck sad at that saying, went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κτῆμα
ktema
noun · 4×
λυπέω
lupeo
verb · 26×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
στυγνάζω
stugnazo
verb · 2×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2728Finally, our battle has to confront what we experience as failure in prayer: discouragement during periods of dryness; sadness that, because we have "great possessions,"15 we have not given all to the Lord; disappointment over not being heard according to our own will; wounded pride, stiffened by the indignity that is ours as sinners; our resistance to the idea that prayer is a…

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • 2Tim 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
  • Eph 5:5 — For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  • 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 21:7 — Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
  • 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 18:23 — And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
  • Luke 18:23 — And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
  • Matt 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • 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.