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19 honour your father and your mother; and love your neighbour as yourself.[a](A)

20 ‘I have kept all these,’[b] the young man told him. ‘What do I still lack? ’

21 ‘If you want to be perfect,’[c] Jesus said to him, ‘go, sell your belongings and give to the poor,(B) and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’

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  1. 19:18–19 Ex 20:12–16; Lv 19:18; Dt 5:16–20
  2. 19:20 Other mss add from my youth
  3. 19:21 Or complete

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

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19 (A)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, (B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have (C)kept [a]from my youth. What do I still lack?”

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

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  1. Matthew 19:20 NU omits from my youth