Matthew 19:22 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.

KJV

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

It follows, And when the young man had heard these words, he went away sorrowful. This is the sorrow that leads to death. And the cause of his sorrow is added, for he had great possessions, thorns, that is, and briars, which choked the holy leaven.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Went away sorrowful - Men undergo great agony of mind while they are in suspense between the love of the world and the love of their souls. When the first absolutely predominates, then they enjoy a factitious rest through a false peace: when the latter has the upper hand, then they possess true tranquillity of mind, through that peace of God that passeth knowledge. He had great possessions - And what were these in comparison of peace of conscience, and mental rest?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses detail a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ and a young man who came to him to inquire about the way to eternal life. Like every conversation recorded in the Gospels between our Lord and an individual, it deserves special attention. Salvation is an individual business: every one who wishes to be saved must have private personal dealings with Christ about his own soul. We see for one thing from the case of this young man that a person may have desires after salvation, and yet not be saved.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀκούσας	Akousas	Having heard	G191 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
νεανίσκος	neaniskos	young man	G3495 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	statement	G3056 →
ἀπῆλθεν	apēlthen	he went away	G565 →
λυπούμενος·	lupoumenos	grieving;	G3076 →
ἦν	ēn	he was [one]	G1510 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
κτήματα	ktēmata	possessions	G2933 →
πολλά.¶	polla	many.	G4183 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…
leads to
- 1 John 2:15–16
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10
  Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 16:13
  No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…
- James 4:4
  You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Joshua 24:15
  But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
Through
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew