King James Version

Luke 18:22

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “heavens” (οὐρανοῖς·) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “these things” (ταῦτα) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “heaven” (οὐρανῷ) before and here.

ἀκούσαςakousasheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himἜτιetiYetἔτιadverb — “Yet”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “yet”.Yetἕνhenoneεἷς (heis)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneσοιsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.λείπειleipeito lackλείπω (leipō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to lack”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3007(earlier: I leave behind, abandon), (a) I am wanting, (b) mid: e.g. with gen: I come behind (in a race), am left behind in, fall short of (some standard), am wanting in.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allὅσαhosathatὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “that”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.thatἔχειςecheisthou hastἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hast”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.thou hastπώλησονpōlēsonto sellπωλέω (pōleō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to sell”, a single actionG4453I sell, exchange, barter.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιάδοςdiadosdistributeδιαδίδωμι (diadidōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “distribute”, a single actionG1239I offer here and there, distribute, divide, hand over.This verse uses “distribute”.distributeπτωχοῖςptōchoisunto the poorπτωχός (ptōchos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto the poor”, the to- or for-formG4434poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad.This verse uses “poor”.unto the poorκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἕξειςhexeisthou shalt haveἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou shalt have”, an action still aheadG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.thou shalt haveθησαυρὸνthēsaurontreasureθησαυρός (thēsauros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “treasure”, the object formG2344a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.treasureἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inοὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδεῦροdeurocomeδεῦροadverb — “come”G1204(originally: hither, hence) (a) exclamatory: come, (b) temporal: now, the present.This verse uses “come”.comeἀκολούθειakoloutheifollowἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “follow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.followμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).me

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.οὐρανῷouranōheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things — as many as thou hast — sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “ You still lack one thing . Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor . Then you will have treasure in heaven ; then come , follow me .”

Darby Translation

And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.

Douay-Rheims

Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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