Matthew 19:22
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
KJV
ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος ἀπῆλθεν λυπούμενος· ἦν γὰρ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά.
Greek NT
Cum audisset autem adolescens verbum, abiit tristis : erat enim habens multas possessiones.
Vulgate
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.
ASV
And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 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×
νεανίσκος
neaniskos
noun · 11×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: λόγον | Treg/NIV/RP: λόγον | WH: + τοῦτον
- λόγον — SBLGNT
- λόγον — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- + τοῦτον — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Do you see how many prizes, how many crowns, He appoints for this race? If he had been tempting, He would not have told him these things. But now He both says it, and in order to draw him on, He also shows him the reward to be great, and leaves it all to his own will, by all means throwing into the shade that which seemed to be grievous in His advice. Wherefore even before m…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Cross-references
- 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.
- Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- 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
- 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
- John 6:66 — From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- 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.
- Mark 6:26 — And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
- 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 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- 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 14:9 — And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
- Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Ruth 1:14 — And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.