Matthew 19:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” 20 [a]The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” 21 (A)Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect,[b] go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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- 19:20 Young man: in Matthew alone of the synoptics the questioner is said to be a young man; thus the Marcan “from my youth” (Mk 10:20) is omitted.
- 19:21 If you wish to be perfect: to be perfect is demanded of all Christians; see Mt 5:48. In the case of this man, it involves selling his possessions and giving to the poor; only so can he follow Jesus.
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