He went away sorrowful. Mark adds the word “sad,” meaning frowning or having a gloomy expression. This is the same word u…

See, then, that often with men—with young men—the great hindrance in coming to Christ may be the world. They may have riches, or they may have a gr…

Rabanus Maurus: This man had, perhaps, heard from the Lord that only those who were like little children were worthy to enter …

Jesus answers the question in v.21. His basic thrust is not “Sell your possessions and give to the poor,” but “Come, follow me.” What Jesus suggest…

He went away sorrowful. The result eventually showed how far the young man was from the perfection to which Christ had called him…

But when the young man heard that saying .
&c.] That he must sell his estates, and all his worldly substance, and th…

Christ knew that covetousness was the sin which most easily beset this young man. Although he had obtained honestly what he possessed, he still cou…

In this pa age, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of …