Matthäus 19:20

20 Der Jüngling spricht zu ihm: Alles dieses habe ich beobachtet; was fehlt mir noch?

Matthäus 19:20 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:20

The young man saith unto him
For though he was so very rich and in such an exalted station in life, as to be a ruler, it seems he was but a young man; and to be so early serious and religious, amidst so much riches and grandeur, though it was but externally, was both remarkable and commendable: upon hearing the answer of Christ, with which he was highly pleased and greatly elated, he very pertly replies,

all these things have I kept from my youth up:
as soon as he was capable of learning, his parents taught him these precepts; and ever since he had the use of his reason, and understood the letter, and outward meaning of them, he had been careful to observe them; nor could he charge himself with any open and flagrant transgression of them; not understanding the internal sense, extensive compass, and spirituality of them; and therefore asks,

what lack I yet?
In what am I deficient hitherto? in what have I come short of doing these things? what remains at last to be performed? what other precepts are to be obeyed? if there are any other commands, I am ready to observe them, which may be thought necessary to obtain eternal life.

Matthäus 19:20 In-Context

18 Er spricht zu ihm: Welche? Jesus aber sprach: Diese: Du sollst nicht töten; du sollst nicht ehebrechen; du sollst nicht stehlen; du sollst nicht falsches Zeugnis geben;

19 ehre den Vater und die Mutter, und: du sollst deinen Nächsten lieben wie dich selbst.

20 Der Jüngling spricht zu ihm: Alles dieses habe ich beobachtet; was fehlt mir noch?

21 Jesus sprach zu ihm: Wenn du vollkommen sein willst, so gehe hin, verkaufe deine Habe und gib den Armen, und du wirst einen Schatz im Himmel haben; und komm, folge mir nach.

22 Als aber der Jüngling das Wort hörte, ging er betrübt hinweg, denn er hatte viele Güter.