Matthew 19:20

A Rich Young Man

¹⁹ honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself." ²⁰ The young man said to him, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?" ²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

In Me

Philippians 3:6

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

Mark 10:20-21

The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since 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 ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

Luke 15:29

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:21-22

The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

John 8:7

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

Romans 3:19-23

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 may be held accountable to God.

Romans 7:9

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Galatians 3:24

Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.