Matthew 19:20

A Rich Young Man

¹⁹ honor your father and your mother;
and love your neighbor as yourself. ²⁰ “I have kept all these,” the young man told Him. “What do I still lack?” ²¹ “If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

In Me

Philippians 3:6

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

Mark 10:20-21

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

Luke 15:7

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

Luke 15:29

But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:21-22

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

John 8:7

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Romans 3:19-23

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Romans 7:9

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

Galatians 3:24

The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith.