Matthew 19:20

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 19:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
  2. Luke 15:7In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
  3. Luke 15:29But 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.
  4. Luke 18:11The 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.
  5. Luke 18:21“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
  6. John 8:7When 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.”
  7. Romans 3:19Now 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.
  8. Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
  9. Galatians 3:24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  10. Philippians 3:6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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