MARK 10:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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 — the love is the chapter's most important word: Jesus looked at him and loved him. The command is not a rejection but an invitation spoken in love. One thing you lack: not many things, not a comprehensive failure, but one specific thing. Sell everything: the specific form of the kingdom call for this specific man, whose wealth is the competing loyalty that prevents the unconditional following that discipleship requires.
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