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Mark 10:20

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10:20The man31 said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed32 all these laws33 since my youth.”34

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  1. 31 Grk “He”; the referent (the man who asked the question in v. 17) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 32 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. 33 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. 34 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 to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.