Matthew 19:20
New International Version
“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

New Living Translation
“I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?”

English Standard Version
The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?”

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

Berean Literal Bible
The young man says to him, "All these things I have kept. What do I still lack?"

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

New King James Version
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”

New American Standard Bible
The young man said to Him, “All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

NASB 1995
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

NASB 1977
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

Legacy Standard Bible
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

Amplified Bible
The young man said to Him, “I have kept all these things [from my youth]; what do I still lack?”

Christian Standard Bible
“I have kept all these,” the young man told him. “What do I still lack? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have kept all these,” the young man told Him. “What do I still lack?”

American Standard Version
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That young man said to him, “I have kept all these from my childhood; what am I lacking?”

Contemporary English Version
The young man said, "I have obeyed all of these. What else must I do?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
The young man saith to him: All these I have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?

English Revised Version
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The young man replied, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What else do I need to do?"

Good News Translation
"I have obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else do I need to do?"

International Standard Version
The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"

Literal Standard Version
The young man says to Him, “All these I kept from my youth; what yet do I lack?”

Majority Standard Bible
“All these I have kept from my youth,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

New American Bible
The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”

NET Bible
The young man said to him, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?"

New Revised Standard Version
The young man said to him, “I have kept all these; what do I still lack?”

New Heart English Bible
The young man said to him, "All these things I have kept. What do I still lack?"

Webster's Bible Translation
The young man saith to him, All these things have I kept from my youth: what lack I yet?

Weymouth New Testament
"All of these," said the young man, "I have carefully kept. What do I still lack?"

World English Bible
The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

Young's Literal Translation
The young man saith to him, 'All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'

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Context
The Rich Young Man
19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” 20 All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?” 21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”…

Cross References
Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Matthew 19:21
Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

Mark 10:20
"Teacher," he replied, "all these I have kept from my youth."


Treasury of Scripture

The young man said to him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

All.

Mark 10:20
And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

Luke 15:7,29
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance…

Luke 18:11,12,21
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican…

what.

Mark 10:21
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Luke 18:22
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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Matthew 19
1. Jesus heals the sick;
3. answers the Pharisees concerning divorce;
10. shows when marriage is necessary;
13. receives the little children;
16. instructs the young man how to attain eternal life;
20. and how to be perfect;
23. tells his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God;
27. and promises reward to those who forsake all to follow him.














(20) All these things have I kept.--There is obviously a tone of impatient surprise in the questioner's reply. He had come seeking some great thing to satisfy his lofty aspirations after eternal life. He finds himself re-taught the lessons of childhood, sent back, as it were, to a lower form in the school of holiness. He had not learnt that to keep any one of those commandments in its completeness is the task of a life, that to keep one perfectly implies keeping all. In marked contrast with this half-contemptuous treatment of the simpler elements of religion we may recall our Lord's use, in the Temptation, of the three passages connected, directly or indirectly, with those which were written on the phylacteries that men wore, and which would naturally be taught to children as their first lesson in the Law. (See Notes on Matthew 4:1-11.)

What lack I yet?--Ignorant as the young ruler was of his own spiritual state, his condition was not that of the self-satisfied Pharisee. The question implied a dissatisfaction with himself, a sense of incompleteness, as hungering and thirsting after a higher righteousness. And this accounts for the way in which our Lord dealt with him.

Verse 20. - All these things have I kept [from my youth up]. The bracketed words are omitted in some good manuscripts, and by most modern editors; but they have high authority, and are found in most versions, and in the parallel passages of Mark and Luke. They accurately express the ruler's view of his conduct. He could say without hesitation or mental reservation that he had scrupulously observed the duties of the Decalogue from the time that he knew right from wrong. Of course, we accuse one who could make such a statement of self-righteousness, of ignorance of the spirit of the Law which he claimed to have obeyed; and if one of us spoke thus presumptuously, we should rightly condemn him; we should say that outward service and legal notions of duty were of little worth, and could not secure eternal life. But our Lord treated the young man differently. He did not blame him as boastful and self-deceiving; he had no reproof for his seemingly presumptuous assertion; he recognized his simplicity, honesty, and sincerity, and St. Mark tells us that "Jesus beholding [looking upon, or into] him, loved him." He read the youth's heart, saw how pure and guileless it was, recognized in him the possibility of great things, and that he was worthy of the saintly life. The ruler felt that there was more to come; hence he asks, What lack I yet? Τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ; In what respect am I still deficient? How do I come short of eternal life? He had still a sense of want. All that he had done had not given him peace of mind. Hence his inquiry. From a Christian the question would savour of ignorance and unspirituality; but this man asked it in all sincerity, desiring earnestly to know what more was required of him, and being ready, as he thought, to undergo any pain, make any, even the most painful effort, if by so doing he might win the prize on which his soul was set.

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Greek
“All these
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

I have kept,”
ἐφύλαξα (ephylaxa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 5442: Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.

said
Λέγει (Legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

young man.
νεανίσκος (neaniskos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3495: A young man, youth, an attendant. From the same as neanias; a youth.

“What
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

do I still lack?”
ὑστερῶ (hysterō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 5302: From husteros; to be later, i.e. to be inferior; generally, to fall short.


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