Matthew 19:20
18 “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
22 When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- KJV
- The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
- WEB
- The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
- ASV
- The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?
- DARBY
- The young man says to him, All these have I kept; what lack I yet?
- BLB
- The young man says to Him, “All these I kept. What do I still lack?”
- ÅB
- Den unge mannen sa til ham: «Alt dette har jeg holdt. Hva mer mangler jeg?»
- OTB
- Den unge mannen sa til ham: «Jeg har holdt alle disse. Hva mangler jeg fortsatt?»
- B1930
- Den unge mann sa til ham: Alt dette har jeg holdt; hvad fattes mig ennu?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:24
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Read in contextMark 10:20–21
“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
Read in contextPhilippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Read in contextLuke 18:11–12
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Read in contextLuke 18:21–22
“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
Read in contextLuke 15:7
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Read in contextLuke 15:29
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Read in contextRomans 7:9
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
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