Mark 10:20

New English Translation

The man said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:2

They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

Ezekiel 5:14

“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Malachi 3:8

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

Matthew 19:20

The young man said to him, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?”

Mark 10:21

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, “You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Luke 10:29

But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Romans 7:9

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Philippians 3:6

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.