Luke 18:18-23
Lexham English Bible
A Rich Young Man
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, by[a] doing what will I inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”[b] 21 And he said, “All these I have observed from my[c] youth.” 22 And when he[d] heard this,[e] Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing:[f] Sell all that you have, and distribute the proceeds[g] to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.” 23 But when he[h] heard these things he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
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- Luke 18:18 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing”) which is understood as means
- Luke 18:20 A quotation from Exod 20:12–16; Deut 5:16–20
- Luke 18:21 Some manuscripts omit “my”
- Luke 18:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 18:22 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 18:22 Literally “one still lacking to you”
- Luke 18:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 18:23 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
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