Matthew 19:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

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  • Phil 3:6 : 6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
  • Mark 10:20-21 : 20 And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young. 21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.
  • Luke 15:7 : 7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
  • Luke 15:29 : 29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
  • Luke 18:11-12 : 11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer. 12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
  • Luke 18:21-22 : 21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy. 22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
  • John 8:7 : 7 But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.
  • Rom 3:19-23 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets; 22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another, 23 For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 89%

    18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

    19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

    20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

    21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

    22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

    23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

    24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

  • 88%

    17 And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

    18 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

    19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

    20 And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

    21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

    22 But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

  • 85%

    21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

    22 But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.

    23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

  • 80%

    16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

    17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

    18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • 71%

    25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

    26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

    27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

    28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

    29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

  • 27 Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?

  • 70%

    36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

    37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

    38 This is the first and greatest rule.

  • 28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

  • 19 And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

  • 33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • 57 And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

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    18 Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

    19 Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.

  • 28 And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.

  • 51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

  • 30 And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

  • 21 Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

  • 46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

  • 34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

  • 28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

  • 36 And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

  • 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

  • 41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

  • 59 And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

  • 31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

  • 25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

  • 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.