He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
- BSB “All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
- NKJV And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
- NASB And he said, “All these things I have kept since my youth.”
- NLT The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Phil 3:6concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
- Luke 18:11–12The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
- Rom 10:2–3For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- Luke 15:7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- Mark 10:20–21He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”
- Matt 19:20–21The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
- Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
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