"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."
for though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force. Avoid all such.
in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.
I lived at one time without law myself, but when the command came home to me, sin sprang to life and I died;
The young man said, "I have observed all these. What more is wanting?"
Anxious to make an excuse for himself, however, he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbour?"
Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."