Matthew 19:21

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Cross References (29)

  • Mark 10:21 (19)

    Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to t

  • Luke 18:22 (15)

    On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will h

  • Luke 12:33 (14)

    Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible trea

  • Luke 14:33 (12)

    In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

  • Acts 2:45 (12)

    Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

  • Matthew 5:48 (10)

    Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  • 1 Timothy 6:17–19 (8)

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealt

  • Luke 9:23 (8)

    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and

  • John 12:26 (8)

    If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will

  • John 10:27 (8)

    My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

  • Matthew 19:28 (7)

    Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, yo

  • Matthew 16:24 (6)

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow

  • Matthew 6:19–20 (6)

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

  • Luke 16:9 (6)

    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eterna

  • Luke 6:40 (5)

    A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

  • Mark 8:34 (5)

    Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he mus

  • Luke 5:27 (4)

    After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

  • Matthew 9:9 (4)

    As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew

  • Philippians 3:12–15 (3)

    Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for wh

  • Matthew 8:22 (3)

    But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

  • Mark 2:14 (3)

    As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up

  • Hebrews 10:34 (3)

    You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselve

  • Acts 4:32–35 (3)

    The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they s

  • Matthew 4:19 (2)

    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

  • Psalms 37:37 (2)

    Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

  • Matthew 5:19–20 (2)

    So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in

  • Job 1:1 (1)

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning e

  • Genesis 17:1 (1)

    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blame

  • Genesis 6:9 (1)

    This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.