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Chapter 19
Verse 21
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21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 19:21. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 92
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε, πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ· καὶ δεῦρο, ἀκολούθει μοι.

25 word entries
Ἔφη
Lemma
efh
Transliteration
efh
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5346
Occurrences
39
αὐτῷ
Lemma
autw
Transliteration
autw
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
889
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Ἰησοῦς
Lemma
ihsouv
Transliteration
ihsouv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
503
Εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
θέλεις
Lemma
qeleiv
Transliteration
qeleiv
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
19
τέλειος
Lemma
teleiov
Transliteration
teleiov
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
3
εἶναι
Lemma
einai
Transliteration
einai
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
126
ὕπαγε
Lemma
upage
Transliteration
upage
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5217
Occurrences
25
πώλησόν
Lemma
pwlhson
Transliteration
pwlhson
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4453
Occurrences
3
σου
Lemma
sou
Transliteration
sou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
498
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
ὑπάρχοντα
Transliteration
uparconta
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5225
Occurrences
8
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
δὸς
Lemma
dov
Transliteration
dov
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
16
πτωχοῖς
Lemma
ptwcoiv
Transliteration
ptwcoiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4434
Occurrences
9
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἕξεις
Lemma
exeiv
Transliteration
exeiv
Morphology
Greek: verb future active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
4
θησαυρὸν
Transliteration
qhsauron
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2344
Occurrences
5
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
οὐρανῷ
Lemma
ouranw
Transliteration
ouranw
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
39
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
δεῦρο
Lemma
deuro
Transliteration
deuro
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1204
Occurrences
9
ἀκολούθει
Transliteration
akolouqei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G190
Occurrences
19
μοι
Lemma
moi
Transliteration
moi
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
240
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.

25 word entries
ἔφη
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5346
Occurrences
68
αὐτῷ
Morphology
P-DSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
Ἰησοῦς,
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2424
Occurrences
905
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
θέλεις
Morphology
V-PAI-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
208
τέλειος
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G5046
Occurrences
19
εἶναι,
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ὕπαγε
Morphology
V-PAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5217
Occurrences
80
πώλησόν
Morphology
V-AAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4453
Occurrences
22
σου
Lemma
σύ
Morphology
P-2GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G4771
Occurrences
1070
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ὑπάρχοντα
Morphology
V-PAP-APN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5225
Occurrences
60
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
δὸς
Morphology
V-2AAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1325
Occurrences
414
πτωχοῖς,
Morphology
A-DPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4434
Occurrences
34
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἕξεις
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-FAI-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
θησαυρὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2344
Occurrences
17
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
οὐρανοῖς,
Morphology
N-DPM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
275
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
δεῦρο
Morphology
V-PAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1204
Occurrences
9
ἀκολούθει
Morphology
V-PAM-2S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0190
Occurrences
91
μοι.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1DS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܝܫܘܥ ܐܢ ܨܒܐ ܐܢܬ ܓܡܝܪܐ ܠܡܗܘܐ ܙܠ ܙܒܢ ܩܢܝܢܟ ܘܗܒ ܠܡܣܟܢܐ ܘܬܗܘܐ ܠܟ ܣܝܡܬܐ ܒܫܡܝܐ ܘܬܐ ܒܬܪܝ

19 word entries
ܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
ܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1592
ܝܫܘܥ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
yshw'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
848
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܨܒܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܨܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
ܐܢܬ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܢܬ
Transliteration
ant
Morphology
personal pronoun, second singular
Gloss
you
Occurrences
491
ܓܡܝܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
gmyr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܠܡܗܘܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
15
ܙܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܙܠ
Transliteration
zl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
30
ܙܒܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܙܒܢ
Transliteration
zbn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
31
ܩܢܝܢܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
qnynk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܘܗܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܗܒ
Transliteration
whb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܠܡܣܟܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmskn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
16
ܘܬܗܘܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wthw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
ܠܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܟ
Transliteration
lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
269
ܣܝܡܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
symt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
14
ܒܫܡܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
61
ܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܬܐ
Transliteration
wt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
ܒܬܪܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
btry
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
32
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Ait illi Jesus: Si vis perfectus esse, vade, vende quæ habes, et da pauperibus, et habebis thesaurum in cælo: et veni, sequere me.

23 word entries
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
Iesus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iesus
Transliteration
Iesus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
vis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
vis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
perfectus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perfectus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
73
esse
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
esse
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
vade
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uado
Transliteration
vade
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
324
vende
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uendo
Transliteration
vende
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
118
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
habes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
da
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
da
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
pauperibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pauper
Transliteration
pauperibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
231
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
habebis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habebis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
thesaurum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
thesaurum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
caelo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
veni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
veni
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
sequere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sequor
Transliteration
sequere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
281
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

20 relevance votes

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

16 relevance votes

Luke 12:33

Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

15 relevance votes

Acts 2:45

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

13 relevance votes

Luke 14:33

So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

13 relevance votes

Matthew 5:48

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

11 relevance votes

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

9 relevance votes

Luke 9:23

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

9 relevance votes

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

9 relevance votes

Matthew 19:28

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

8 relevance votes

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

7 relevance votes

Luke 16:9

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

7 relevance votes
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