20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”[a] 21 And he said, “All these I have observed from my[b] youth.” 22 And when he[c] heard this,[d] Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing:[e] Sell all that you have, and distribute the proceeds[f] to the poor—and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 18:20 A quotation from Exod 20:12–16; Deut 5:16–20
  2. Luke 18:21 Some manuscripts omit “my”
  3. Luke 18:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 18:22 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Luke 18:22 Literally “one still lacking to you”
  6. Luke 18:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation