Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options

Matthew 19:18-20
New English Translation

18 “Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,[a] and love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 20 The young man said to him, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed[c] all these laws.[d] What do I still lack?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:19 sn A quotation from Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20.
  2. Matthew 19:19 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.
  3. Matthew 19:20 tn Grk “kept.” The implication of this verb is that the man has obeyed the commandments without fail, so the adverb “wholeheartedly” has been added to the translation to bring out this nuance.
  4. Matthew 19:20 tn Grk “these things.” The referent of the pronoun (the laws mentioned by Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.sn While the rich man was probably being sincere when he insisted I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws, he had confined his righteousness to external obedience. The rich man’s response to Jesus’ command—to give away all he had—revealed that internally he loved money more than God.
Next
Matthew 18
Matthew 20
Next
dropdown
New English Translation (NET)

NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.