Luke 18:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει: πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον, καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ: καὶ δεῦρο, ἀκολούθει μοι.

Transliteration

Akousas de these the Iēsous, eipen to-him, Still one to-you leipei: all as-much-as echeis pōlēson, and diados to-ptōchois, and hexeis thēsauron in ouranō: and deuro, akolouthei me.

Grammar Details

• *Akousas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having heard
• *de*: conjunction, adversative/transitional - but/and
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *leipei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - lacks
• *echeis*: present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you have
• *pōlēson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - sell
• *diados*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - distribute
• *ptōchois*: dative masculine plural - poor
• *hexeis*: future active indicative, 2nd person singular - you will have
• *thēsauron*: accusative masculine singular - treasure
• *ouranō*: dative masculine singular - heaven
• *deuro*: adverb/imperative - come here
• *akolouthei*: present active imperative, 2nd person singular - follow

Word Meanings

• *Akousas*: having heard/when he heard
• *leipei*: lacks/is lacking/is missing
• *pōlēson*: sell/dispose of by selling
• *diados*: distribute/give out
• *ptōchois*: poor/destitute/beggars
• *thēsauron*: treasure/stored wealth
• *deuro*: come here/come [command]
• *akolouthei*: follow/accompany/come after

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto him: Yet lackest thou one thinge. Sell all that thou hast and distribute it vnto the poore and thou shalt have treasure in heven and come and folowe me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde vnto him: Yet lackest thou one thinge, sell all that thou hast, and geue it vnto ye poore, and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen, and come & folowe me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When Iesus hearde that, he sayde vnto hym: Yet lackest thou one thyng. Sell all that thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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;'

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
• Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
• Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
• Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.
• Luke 16:9 : 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
• Luke 9:23 : 23 And he said to them all, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
• Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
• 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share; 19 Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.
• Luke 9:57-62 : 57 And it happened, as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58 And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 59 Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me first go bid them farewell who are at my house. 62 And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
• Matt 19:27-28 : 27 Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left all and followed you. What shall we have therefore? 28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Acts 2:44-45 : 44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
• Acts 4:34-37 : 34 Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, 35 And laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need. 36 And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated, Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.