you must honor (respect) your father and mother,’ {\cf2\super [268]} and ‘you must love other people the same as you love yourself.’ {\cf2\super [269]} ”
Matthew 19:20 - Easy To Read Version The young man said, “I have obeyed all these things. What else do I need?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The young man said, I have observed all these from my youth; what still do I lack? American Standard Version (1901) The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet? Common English Bible The young man replied, “I’ve kept all these. What am I still missing?” Catholic Public Domain Version The young man said to him: "All these I have kept from my childhood. What is still lacking for me?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me? |
you must honor (respect) your father and mother,’ {\cf2\super [268]} and ‘you must love other people the same as you love yourself.’ {\cf2\super [269]} ”
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, then go and sell all the things you own. Give the money to the poor people. If you do this, you will have a rich treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me!”
The son said to his father, ‘I have served you like a slave for many years! I have always obeyed your commands. But you never killed even a goat for me! You never gave a party for me and my friends.
In the same way, I tell you, heaven is a happy place when one sinner changes his heart. There is more joy for that one sinner than there is for 99 good people that don’t need to change their hearts.
The Jewish leaders continued to ask Jesus their question. So Jesus stood up and said, “Is there any person here that has never sinned? That person without sin can throw the first rock at this woman.”
I was alive without the law before I knew the law. But when the law’s command came to me, then sin began to live.
So the law was our master until Christ came. After Christ came, we could be made right with God through faith.
I was so excited \{about my Jewish religion\} that I persecuted {\cf2\super [20]} the church (the believers). No person could find fault with the way I always obeyed the law \{of Moses\}.