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Matthew 19:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Matthew 19:20

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18 He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

19 ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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

21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

22 But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

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"Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment."

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Matthew 19:1

"When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan."

Matthew 19:2

"Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there."

Matthew 19:3

"Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”"

Matthew 19:4

"He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,"

Matthew 19:5

"and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?"

Matthew 19:6

"So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”"

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