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19 Honor your father and mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”[a]

20 The young man said to him, “I have kept all these. What am I still lacking?”

21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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19 honor your father and mother,’[a](A) and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B)

20 “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect,(C) go, sell your possessions and give to the poor,(D) and you will have treasure in heaven.(E) Then come, follow me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20
  2. Matthew 19:19 Lev. 19:18