Luke - 18:21



21 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 18:21.

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And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth.
And he said, 'All these I did keep from my youth;'
"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."
And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.
"I have observed all these," he replied, "from childhood."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

(7) And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
(7) The enticement of riches carries many away from the right way.

And he said,.... That is, the ruler said to him, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add; "to Jesus", as the Persic version expresses it;
all these have I kept from my youth up; See Gill on Matthew 19:20 where it is added, what lack I yet?

All these, &c.--"what lack I yet?" adds Matthew (Matthew 19:20). Ah! this gives us a glimpse of his heart. Doubtless he was perfectly sincere; but something within whispered to him that his keeping of the commandments was too easy a way of getting to heaven. He felt something beyond this to be necessary; after keeping all the commandments he was at a loss to know what that could be; and he came to Jesus just upon that point. "Then," says Mark (Mark 10:21), "Jesus beholding him loved him," or "looked lovingly upon him." His sincerity, frankness, and nearness to the kingdom of God, in themselves most winning qualities, won our Lord's regard even though he turned his back upon Him--a lesson to those who can see nothing lovable save in the regenerate.

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