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Mark 10:21–22

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Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
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From verse 21

  1. Matthew 6:19–21Rank 1 from verse 21
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    19¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

    20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  2. Revelation 2:4Rank 2 from verse 21
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    4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

  3. 1 Timothy 6:17–19Rank 3 from verse 21
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    17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

    18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

    19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  4. Luke 18:22Rank 4 from verse 21
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    22Now 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.

  5. Luke 10:42Rank 5 from verse 21
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    42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  6. 1 Peter 1:4–5Rank 6 from verse 21
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    4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

    5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  7. Acts 2:45Rank 7 from verse 21
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    45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

  8. James 2:10Rank 8 from verse 21
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    10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  9. Luke 12:33Rank 9 from verse 21
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    33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

  10. Matthew 16:24Rank 10 from verse 21
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    24¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  11. Hebrews 10:34Rank 11 from verse 21
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    34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

  12. Mark 8:34Rank 12 from verse 21
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    34¶ And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  13. Matthew 13:44–46Rank 13 from verse 21
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    44¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

    45¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

    46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

  14. Matthew 19:21Rank 14 from verse 21
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    21Jesus 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.

  15. Proverbs 23:23Rank 15 from verse 21
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    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  16. Revelation 2:14Rank 16 from verse 21
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    14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

  17. Revelation 2:20Rank 17 from verse 21
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    20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

  18. Acts 4:34–37Rank 18 from verse 21
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    34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

    35And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

    36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

    37Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

  19. Luke 19:41Rank 19 from verse 21
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    41¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

  20. Luke 9:23Rank 20 from verse 21
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    23¶ And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

  21. 2 Corinthians 12:15Rank 21 from verse 21
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    15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

  22. John 12:26Rank 22 from verse 21
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    26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

  23. John 16:33Rank 23 from verse 21
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    33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  24. Romans 8:17–18Rank 24 from verse 21
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    17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

    18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

  25. Isaiah 63:8–10Rank 25 from verse 21
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    8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

    9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

    10¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  26. Luke 16:9Rank 26 from verse 21
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    9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

  27. 2 Timothy 3:12Rank 27 from verse 21
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    12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  28. Genesis 34:19Rank 28 from verse 21
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    19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

From verse 22

  1. 1 John 2:15–16Rank 1 from verse 22
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:9–10Rank 2 from verse 22
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    9But 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.

    10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  3. Luke 12:15Rank 3 from verse 22
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    15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

  4. Ephesians 5:5Rank 4 from verse 22
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    5For 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.

  5. 2 Timothy 4:10Rank 5 from verse 22
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    10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

  6. Ezekiel 33:31Rank 6 from verse 22
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    31And 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 after their covetousness.

  7. Matthew 13:22Rank 7 from verse 22
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    22He 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.

  8. Matthew 19:22Rank 8 from verse 22
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    22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

  9. 2 Corinthians 7:10Rank 9 from verse 22
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    10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

  10. Job 21:7–15Rank 10 from verse 22
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    7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

    8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

    9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

    10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

    11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

    12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

    13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  11. Luke 18:23Rank 11 from verse 22
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    23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

  12. Deuteronomy 6:10–12Rank 12 from verse 22
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    10And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

    11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

    12Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  13. Deuteronomy 8:11–14Rank 13 from verse 22
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    11Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

    12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

    13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

    14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  14. Genesis 13:5–11Rank 14 from verse 22
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    5¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

    6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

    7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

    8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

    9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

    11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

  15. Mark 6:26Rank 15 from verse 22
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    26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

  16. Matthew 27:3Rank 16 from verse 22
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    3¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

  17. Mark 6:20Rank 17 from verse 22
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    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

  18. Matthew 27:24–26Rank 18 from verse 22
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    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

    25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

    26¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

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Mark 10:21

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beholding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of behold, meaning to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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loved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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lackest

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Second-person singular present form of lack. To be without or in need of something.

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sell

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1. To transfer for a price. 2. To betray or surrender into another's power.

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whatsoever

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Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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cross

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Sense 1: An instrument of execution formed of two pieces of timber crossing each other, used for crucifixion. Sense 2: By reference to Christ, his crucifixion and death upon it. Sense 3: A burden of suffering or self-denial borne in following Christ.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Mark 10:22

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sad

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Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow.

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grieved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of grieve, meaning to feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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10:17¶ And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

10:20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

10:21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

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10:22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

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