Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing - but that, alas! was a fundamental, a fatal lack.
Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Since riches were his idol, our Lord, who knew this from the first, lays His great authoritative grasp at once upon it, saying, 'Now give Me up that, and all is right.' No general direction about the disposal of riches, then, is here given, except that we are to sit loose to them and lay them at the feet of Him who gave them. He who does this with all he has, whether rich or poor, is a true heir of the kingdom of heaven.