Matthew 19:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 19:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 19:22 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 19:22 — KJV
“But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.”
— Matthew 19:22 (KJV)
Matthew 19:22 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 19:22
“And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 19:22: saying, went, away
“Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 19:22: young, went, away
“And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 19:22: heard, saying, away
“And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. that follow...: Heb. that is at thy feet a great...: Heb. heat of anger”
Shares key themes with Matthew 19:22: saying, went, great
“So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. flat: Heb. under it”
Shares key themes with Matthew 19:22: heard, went, great
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