He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
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He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
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And he sayde: all these have I kept from my youthe.
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And hee saide, All these haue I kept from my youth.
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Passages linked to Luke 18:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Philippians 3:6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
- Matthew 19:20-21 The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
- Mark 10:20-21 He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.” Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
- Luke 15:7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- Luke 18:11-12 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
- Romans 10:2-3 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
- Luke 15:29 But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The enticement of riches carrieth away many from the…
The enticement of riches carrieth away many from the right way.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 21 And he said, All these have I kept…
21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Ver. 21. See Mat 19:20.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain This assertion might be very true, according to the…
This assertion might be very true, according to the Pharisee’s sense and interpretation of the law, which condemned only the gross outward act, not the inward lusts and motions of the heart. An external obedience to the letter of the law this man might have possibly performed; this made him think well of himself, and conclude the goodness of his own condition.
Learn hence, how prone men are to think the best of themselves, and to have too high an opinion of their own goodness and righteousness before God; this is very natural, but dangerous and fatal.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said,.... That is, the ruler said to…
And he said,.... That is, the ruler said to him, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add; "to Jesus", as the Persic version expresses it;
all these have I kept from my youth up; See Gill on Mat 19:20 where it is added, what lack I yet?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain All these, &c.--"what lack I yet?" adds Matthew (Mat…
All these, &c.--"what lack I yet?" adds Matthew (Mat 19:20). Ah! this gives us a glimpse of his heart. Doubtless he was perfectly sincere; but something within whispered to him that his keeping of the commandments was too easy a way of getting to heaven. He felt something beyond this to be necessary; after keeping all the commandments he was at a loss to know what that could be; and he came to Jesus just upon that point. "Then," says Mark (Mar 10:21), "Jesus beholding him loved him," or "looked lovingly upon him." His sincerity, frankness, and nearness to the kingdom of God, in themselves most winning qualities, won our Lord's regard even though he turned his back upon Him--a lesson to those who can see nothing lovable save in the regenerate.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. All these have I kept] There seems to…
21. All these have I kept] There seems to have been an accent of extreme surprise in his reply. ‘You bid me not be a thief, adulterer, murderer! For whom do you take me? I am no criminal. These I kept since I was a child.’ And then he added, ‘what lack I yet?’ (Mat_19:20).—Here, again, the Gospel is true to the letter in its picture of a Pharisaic Rabbi. Thus the Talmud describes one of the classes of Pharisees as the tell-me-something-more-to-do-and-I-will-do-it Pharisee; and when R. Chaninah was dying he said to the Angel of Death, “Go and fetch me the Book of the Law, and see whether there is anything in it which I have not kept.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) From my youth up.—The detail may be noted…
(21) From my youth up.—The detail may be noted as a point in common with St. Mark, as also is the omission of the question, “What lack I yet?” given in St. Matthew.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said, All these have I kept from…
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. He listens to the Master with something like impatient surprise. There is a ring of concealed indignation in his "All these have I ever kept. What do you take me for? I am a religious, God-fearing Jew; from my child-days have I kept these." Kept these! How little the poor questioner knew the secrets of his Own heart! Yet he had answered Jesus in the true spirit of a Pharisee trained carefully in the rabbinic schools. We read, for instance, in the Talmud how "when Rabbi Chaninah was dying, he said to the angel of death, "Go and fetch me the book of the Law, and see whether there is anything in it which I have not kept.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:21 I’ve obeyed all these commandments: The man’s claim…
18:21 I’ve obeyed all these commandments: The man’s claim to have kept all the commandments shows that he misunderstood the nature of true goodness.
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