Luke 18:22

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."

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:19-20 : 19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through 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 will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
• Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."
• Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
• Luke 16:9 : 9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
• Luke 9:23 : 23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
• Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
• 1 Tim 6:18-19 : 18 that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, 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 asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
• Luke 9:57-62 : 57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord." 58 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 59 He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father." 60 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God." 61 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house." 62 But 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, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?" 28 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Acts 2:44-45 : 44 All who believed were together, and had all things in common. 45 They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.
• Acts 4:34-37 : 34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners 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 distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need. 36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, 37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.