Matthew 19:20

A Rich Young Man

¹⁹ You must practice honoring your father and mother. And you must love your neighbor as you do yourself." ²⁰ The young man said, "I have kept all these commandments; what more do I lack?" ²¹ Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

In Me

Philippians 3:6

by the standard set by zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and measured by the uprightness reached by keeping the law, I was faultless.

Mark 10:20-21

But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, 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

But he answered his father, 'See! I have served you all these years and have never disobeyed a command of yours, but you have never given me even a kid, so that I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood and said this self-centered prayer, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, robbers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.

Luke 18:21-22

But he said, "I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

John 8:7

When the questioners persisted, Jesus straightened up and said to them, "Let the one of you who is sinless be the first one to cast a stone at her."

Romans 3:19-23

Now we know that everything the law says is spoken to those who are under its authority, that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world be held responsible to God.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;

Galatians 3:24

So the law has been our attendant to lead us to Christ, so that we might through faith obtain right standing with God.