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 244  JESUS  &  the  RICH  MAN
  Matt 19   Mark 10 Luke 18

16

And behold,  17  And  18  And
      as he was setting out

 

 
      on his journey,    
  one came up   <one> ran up   a ruler
      and knelt before him,    
  to him, saying,   and asked him,   asked him,
  "Teacher,   "Good* teacher,   "Good* teacher,

 

what good* deed must I do   what must I do   what shall I do
  to have eternal life?"   to inherit eternal life?"   to inherit eternal life?"
17 And he said to him, 18 And Jesus said to him, 19 And Jesus said to him,
  "Why do you ask me   "Why do you call me   "Why do you call me
  about the good?   'good'?   'good'?
  One there is who is good.   No one is good   No one is good
  If you would enter life,   but God alone.   but God alone.
  keep 19 You know 20 You know
  the commandments."    the commandments:   the commandments:
18 He said to him,        
  "Which?"        
  And Jesus said,        
  "You shall not kill*   'Do not kill,*    
  You shall not commit adultery,   Do not commit adultery,   'Do not commit adultery,
          Do not kill,*
  You shall not steal,   Do not steal,   Do not steal,
  You shall not bear false witness,   Do not bear false witness,   Do not bear false witness,
      Do not defraud,    
19 Honor your father   Honor your father   Honor your father
  and mother,   and mother.'"   and mother.'"
  and        
  You shall love your neighbor        
  as yourself."        
20 The young man said to him, 20 And he said to him, 21 And he said,
      "Teacher,    
  "All these I have observed;   all these I have observed   "All these I have observed;
      from my youth."   from my youth."
    21 And Jesus,   And when Jesus heard it,
      looking upon him,    
      loved him,    
      and said to him,   he said to him,
  what do I still lack?"   "You lack one thing;   "One thing you still lack.
21 Jesus said to him,        
  "If you would be perfect,        
  go,   go,    
  sell what you possess,   sell what you have,   Sell all that you have,
  and give to the poor,   and give to the poor,   and distribute to the poor,
  and you will have treasure   and you will have treasure   and you will have treasure
  in heaven;   in heaven;   in heaven;
  and come,   and come,   and come,
  follow me."   follow me."   follow me."
22 When the young man heard 22 At 23 But when he heard
  this   that saying   this
      his countenance fell    
  he went away sorrowful;   and went away sorrowful;   he became sad,
  for he had   for he had   for he was
  great possessions.   great possessions.   very rich.

Color Code
 Blue  Three texts use same vocabulary.
 Teal  Two texts use same vocabulary.
 Black   Words unique to a particular text.
   No parallel elements in this gospel.
*  Same wording, different order
 <one>  RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
 244   Sequence in synoptic outlines
 
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