King James Version

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “[the] heavens” (οὐρανοῖς,) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “heaven” (οὐρανῷ) before and here.

ἔφηephēsaidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himὁhotheὁarticle, 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.ΕἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifθέλειςtheleisthou wiltθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou wilt”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.thou wiltτέλειοςteleiosperfectτέλειοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “perfect”, the subject formG5046perfect, (a) complete in all its parts, (b) full grown, of full age, (c) specially of the completeness of Christian character.This verse uses “perfect”.perfectεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).ὕπαγεhupagegoὑπάγω (hupagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “go”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5217I go away, depart, begone, die.goπώλησόνpōlēsonand sellπωλέω (pōleō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “and sell”, a single actionG4453I sell, exchange, barter.and sellσουsouthat thouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “that thou”, the of-formG4771you.that thouτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὑπάρχονταhuparchontahastὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “hast”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.hastκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδὸςdosgiveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.giveπτωχοῖςptōchoisto the poorπτωχός (ptōchos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “to the poor”, the to- or for-formG4434poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad.This verse uses “poor”.to 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”.comeἀκολούθειakoloutheiand followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “and follow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.and 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

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)

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

World English Bible

Jesus said to him, “ If you want to be perfect , go , sell what you have , and give to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ; and come , follow me .”

Darby Translation

Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to [the] poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Douay-Rheims

Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.

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