Matthew 19:22

22 cum audisset autem adulescens verbum abiit tristis erat enim habens multas possessiones

Matthew 19:22 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard that saying.
&c.] That he must sell his estates, and all his worldly substance, and the money made of them, give away to the poor; and become a follower of Christ, deny himself, and submit to hardships very disagreeable to the flesh:

he went away sorrowful;
not with a godly sorrow for his sin and imperfections, but with the sorrow of the world, which worketh death: he was ashamed and confounded, that he could not perform what he had just now so briskly promised, at least tacitly, that whatever else was proper he would do; as also grieved, that he had not arrived to perfection, which he had hoped he had, but now began to despair of, and of obtaining eternal life; and most of all troubled, that he must part with his worldly substance, his heart was so much set upon, or not enjoy it:

for he had great possessions;
which were very dear to him; and he chose rather to turn his back on Christ, and drop his pursuits of the happiness of the other world, than part with the present enjoyments of this.

Matthew 19:22 In-Context

20 dicit illi adulescens omnia haec custodivi quid adhuc mihi deest

21 ait illi Iesus si vis perfectus esse vade vende quae habes et da pauperibus et habebis thesaurum in caelo et veni sequere me

22 cum audisset autem adulescens verbum abiit tristis erat enim habens multas possessiones

23 Iesus autem dixit discipulis suis amen dico vobis quia dives difficile intrabit in regnum caelorum

24 et iterum dico vobis facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum caelorum