Mateo 19:20

20 Le dice el joven: Todo esto guardé desde mi juventud; ¿qué más me falta

Mateo 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.

Mateo 19:20 In-Context

18 Le dice: ¿Cuáles? Y Jesús dijo: No cometerás homicidio. No adulterarás. No hurtarás. No dirás falso testimonio

19 Honra al padre y a la madre. Y, Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo

20 Le dice el joven: Todo esto guardé desde mi juventud; ¿qué más me falta

21 Le dice Jesús: Si quieres ser perfecto, anda, vende lo que tienes, y dalo a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo; y ven, sígueme

22 Y oyendo el joven esta palabra, se fue triste, porque tenía muchas posesiones