20And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
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And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. …
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-31)I. Here is a hopeful meeting between Christ and a young man ; such he is said to be ( Matt. 19:20 , 22 ), and a ruler (Luke 18:18), a person of quality. Some circumstances here are, which we had not in Matthew, which makes his address to Christ very promising. 1. He came running to Christ, which was an indication of his humility; he laid aside the gravity and grandeur of a ruler, when he came to C…
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