Matthew 19:20
The young man said to him, “I have kept all these commandments from the time I was a young boy; what do I still lack?”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
In Context
19honor yoʋr father and yoʋr mother,’ and, ‘Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.’”
Cross References
Mark 10:20The man answered him, “Teacher, I have kept all these commandments from the time I was a young boy.”
Luke 15:29But he said to his father in response, ‘Behold, all these years I have served yoʋ and have never disobeyed yoʋr command, yet yoʋ have never given me even a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:21The man said, “I have kept all these commandments from the time I was a young boy.”
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
Galatians 3:24The law, then, was our guardian until Christ came, so that we could be justified by faith.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:17-23
The Rich Ruler's Enquiry; The Rich Ruler's Disappointment. 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother:… Read the whole commentary →