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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. |
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” |
And looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” |
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Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” He said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” |
And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [literally, walking the same road that I walk]. |
And Jesus, having fixed His searching gaze upon him, fell in love with him, and said to him, One thing you are lacking; go, whatever you have sell at once and give at once to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, make a beginning of following with Me on the same road that I am taking, and continue to do so. |
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Jesus looked steadily at him, and His heart warmed towards Him. Then He said, “There is one thing you still need. Go and sell everything you have, give the money away to the poor – you will have riches in Heaven. And then come back and follow Me.” |
Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing. Go, sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow Me.” |
Then 1161 Jesus 2424 beholding 1689 him 846 loved 25 him, 846 and 2532 said 2036 unto him, 846 One thing 1520 thou 4671 lackest: 5302 go thy way, 5217 sell 4453 whatsoever 3745 thou hast, 2192 and 2532 give 1325 to the 3588 poor, 4434 and 2532 thou shalt have 2192 treasure 2344 in 1722 heaven: 3772 and 2532 come, 1204 take up 142 the 3588 cross, 4716 and follow 190 Me. 3427 |
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