DID YOU KNOW?

A rich man asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life and is told to sell everything. In which Gospel does the text never say he walks away?

The answer

Luke. In Mark the man "went away grieving" (Mark 10:22), and in Matthew he does the same (Matthew 19:22). In Luke he is "a certain ruler" who "became sad, for he was very rich" (Luke 18:23), and the text never says he leaves. Jesus "looked at him" and said the camel line (Luke 18:24-25).

Why it’s interesting

Only Matthew calls him young (Matthew 19:20-22). Mark alone adds that Jesus, "looking at him, loved him" (Mark 10:21). Luke alone makes him a ruler (Luke 18:18).

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