 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.  The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri - Page 189by Dante Alighieri - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Christian - 1841 - 998 pages
...and come and follow me.' There was the touchstone for detecting the alloy of the character ; for ' when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.' Nor did there lie any sin in his having or his holding these ' great possessions ' in his hand ; the... | |
 | Charles Follen - 1841 - 408 pages
...give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come and follow me." " But when ihe young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions." Then thai saying of Jesus was verified, " Where your treasure is, there shall your heart be also."... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1841 - 362 pages
...sell that thou hast, and give to the poor ; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come and 22 follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went 23 away sorrowful ; for he had greal possessions. Then said Jesus tion given to his disciples. Mat.... | |
 | 1842 - 434 pages
...and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying,...went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." He wasnot fully subjected to the will of God. He wished to be left free to retain or to employ his... | |
 | Henry Jones Ripley - 1842 - 580 pages
...thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions. 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into... | |
 | William Beveridge - 1842 - 534 pages
...give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven, and come and follow me ;" then it is said," When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." He had " great possessions," and he was loth to "lose" them to "save his soul," and therefore lost... | |
 | 1842 - 262 pages
...the possession of its joys." The result proved that the Lord had a perfect knowledge of the case. " When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.1' He was not -willing to carry out his avowed principles by making the -sacrifice required... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1842 - 358 pages
...sell that thou hast, and give to the poor ; and thou shalt 22 have treasure in heaven ; and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful ; 23 for he had great possessions. Then said Jesus unto his ferred him to God, as the sum of all excellence,... | |
 | Robert South - 1842 - 700 pages
...into such swine, and to drive them headlong to their own destruction. SERMON XXI. MATTHEW xix. 22. When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for fie had great possessions, IT is a truth of general acknowledgment, because of universal experience,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 pages
...and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying,...went away sorrowful ; for he had great possessions. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily, I say unto you, That a rich man sh.ill hardly enter into... | |
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