Matthew 19:20

A Rich Young Man

¹⁹ Honor your father and mother,' and 'You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself.' " ²⁰ The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?" ²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

In Me

Philippians 3:6

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

Mark 10:20-21

But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in just that way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents, than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

Luke 15:29

And he said to his father, 'Here I have served you all these years, and have never disobeyed an order of yours, and you have never given me a kid, so that I could entertain my friends.

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

Luke 18:21-22

And he said, "I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

John 8:7

OMITTED TEXT

Romans 3:19-23

Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died;

Galatians 3:24

So the Law has been our attendant on our way to Christ, so that we might be made upright through faith.