Mark - 10:20



20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 10:20.

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And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
But he answering, said to him: Master, all these things I have observed from my youth.
And he answering said to him, 'Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'
"Rabbi," he replied, "all these Commandments I have carefully obeyed from my youth."
And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.
And he said to him, 'Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth.'
But in response, he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
"Teacher," he replied, "I have observed all these from my childhood."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he answered and, said unto him,.... With a great deal of pertness,
master, all these have I observed from my youth; See Gill on Matthew 19:20. In a certain copy, Beza says, it is added, as there, "what lack I yet?" and so in one of Stephens's copies.

He answering, said to him, Master - He stands reproved now, and drops the epithet good.

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