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Contemporary English Version

Luke 18:21

He told Jesus, "I have obeyed all these commandments since I was a young man."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Obedience;   Riches;   Salvation;   Self-Righteousness;   Young Men;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Wealth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hearing the Word of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zacchaeus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Perfection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Commandments;   Common Life;   Discourse;   Keeping;   Property (2);   Social Life;   Wealth (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.
King James Version (1611)
And he said, All these haue I kept from my youth vp.
King James Version
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
English Standard Version
And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."
New American Standard Bible
And he said, "All these things I have kept since my youth."
New Century Version
But the leader said, "I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy."
Amplified Bible
He replied, "I have kept all these things from my youth."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth."
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth."
Berean Standard Bible
"All these have I kept from my youth," he said.
Complete Jewish Bible
He replied, "I have kept all these since I was a boy."
Darby Translation
And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the leader said, "I have obeyed all these commands since I was a boy."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee saide, All these haue I kept from my youth.
George Lamsa Translation
He said to him, All these I have obeyed from my boyhood.
Good News Translation
The man replied, "Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments."
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth."
Literal Translation
And he said, I have kept all these from my youth.
American Standard Version
And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
International Standard Version
The officialHe">[fn] replied, "I have kept all of these since I was a young man."
Etheridge Translation
He saith to him, These all have I kept from my childhood.
Murdock Translation
He said to him: All these have I kept, from my childhood.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde: all these haue I kept from my youth vp.
English Revised Version
And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.
World English Bible
He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, All these have I kept from my childhood. Jesus hearing these things said to him, Yet lackest thou one thing:
Weymouth's New Testament
"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which seide, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe.
Update Bible Version
And he said, All these things I have observed from youth.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth.
New English Translation
The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."
New King James Version
And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth."
New Living Translation
The man replied, "I've obeyed all these commandments since I was young."
New Life Bible
The leader said, "I have obeyed all these Laws since I was a boy."
New Revised Standard
He replied, "I have kept all these since my youth."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, said - All these things, have I kept from my youth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde: all these have I kept from my youthe.
Young's Literal Translation
And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he sayde: All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp.
Mace New Testament (1729)
all these, said he, have I observ'd from my youth.
THE MESSAGE
He said, "I've kept them all for as long as I can remember."
Simplified Cowboy Version
The guy puffed out his chest in self-congratulations and said, "Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt."

Contextual Overview

18 An important man asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to have eternal life?" 19 Jesus said, "Why do you call me good? Only God is good. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Be faithful in marriage. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others. Respect your father and mother.'" 21 He told Jesus, "I have obeyed all these commandments since I was a young man." 22 When Jesus heard this, he said, "There is one thing you still need to do. Go and sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and be my follower." 23 When the man heard this, he was sad, because he was very rich. 24 Jesus saw how sad the man was. So he said, "It's terribly hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom! 25 In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom." 26 When the crowd heard this, they asked, "How can anyone ever be saved?" 27 Jesus replied, "There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 18:11, Luke 18:12, Luke 15:7, Luke 15:29, Matthew 19:20, Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:20, Mark 10:21, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3, Philippians 3:6

Reciprocal: Luke 16:15 - Ye Romans 7:9 - For I

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower,
Genesis 11:7
Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages—then they won't be able to understand each other.
Genesis 18:1
One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of Mamre, when the Lord appeared to him.
Genesis 18:24
Wouldn't you spare the city if there are only fifty good people in it?
Exodus 3:8
and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Don't forget how the Lord your God has led you through the desert for the past forty years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,
Deuteronomy 13:3
If the prophet says this, don't listen! The Lord your God will be watching to find out whether or not you love him with all your heart and soul.
Joshua 22:22
The Lord is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,
Job 34:22
No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.
Psalms 90:8
and you know all of our sins, even those we do in secret.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said,.... That is, the ruler said to him, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add; "to Jesus", as the Persic version expresses it;

all these have I kept from my youth up; :- where it is added, what lack I yet?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30.


 
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