Matthew 19:20

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Matthew 19:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

20 “All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

22 When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

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Mark 10:20

“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

Luke 15:7

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Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

Luke 18:21

“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

John 8:7

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:20

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 3:21

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 3:22

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Galatians 3:24

So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

Mark 10:21

Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Luke 18:22

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”