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Luke 18:21

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18:21The man61 replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed62 all these laws63 since my youth.”64

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  1. 61 Grk “And he”; the referent (the ruler mentioned in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  2. 62 Grk “kept.” The implication of this verb is that the man has obeyed the commandments without fail throughout his life, so the adverb “wholeheartedly” has been added to the translation to bring out this nuance.
  3. 63 Grk “these things.” The referent of the pronoun (the laws mentioned by Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. While the rich man was probably being sincere when he insisted I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws, he had confined his righteousness to external obedience. The rich man’s response to Jesus’ command to give away all he had revealed that internally he loved money more than God.
  4. 64 Since my youth. Judaism regarded the age of thirteen as the age when a man would have become responsible to live by God’s commands.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

NLTNew Living Translation

The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “All these I have observed from my youth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.