Mattheüs 19:20

20 De jongeling zeide tot Hem: Al deze dingen heb ik onderhouden van mijn jonkheid af; wat ontbreekt mij nog?

Mattheüs 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.

Mattheüs 19:20 In-Context

18 Hij zeide tot Hem: Welke? En Jezus zeide: Deze: Gij zult niet doden; gij zult geen overspel doen; gij zult niet stelen; gij zult geen valse getuigenis geven;

19 Eer uw vader en moeder; en: Gij zult uw naaste liefhebben als uzelven.

20 De jongeling zeide tot Hem: Al deze dingen heb ik onderhouden van mijn jonkheid af; wat ontbreekt mij nog?

21 Jezus zeide tot hem: Zo gij wilt volmaakt zijn, ga heen, verkoop wat gij hebt, en geef het den armen, en gij zult een schat hebben in de hemel; en kom herwaarts, volg Mij.

22 Als nu de jongeling dit woord hoorde, ging hij bedroefd weg; want hij had vele goederen.