Lukas 18:22

18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have ¹  and give the money ²  to the poor, ³  and you will have treasure ⁴  in heaven. Then ⁵  come, follow me.”

Lukas 20:21

20:21 Thus ⁶  they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, ⁷  and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ⁸ 

[18:22]  ¹ sn See Luke 14:33.

[18:22]  ² tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[18:22]  ³ sn See Luke 1:50-53; 6:20-23; 14:12-14.

[18:22]  ⁴ sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: …you will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.

[18:22]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the conversation.

[20:21]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the plans by the spies.

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Or “precisely”; Grk “rightly.” Jesus teaches exactly, the straight and narrow.

[20:21]  ⁸ sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question was specifically designed to trap Jesus.