²¹ And he said, “All ^(A)these things I have kept from my youth.”

⁶ concerning zeal, ^(A)persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

² For I bear them witness ^(A)that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³ For they being ignorant of ^(B)God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own ^(C)righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

¹¹ The Pharisee ^(A)stood and prayed thus with himself, ^(B)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

⁷ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents ^(A)than over ninety-nine ^[a]just persons who ^(B)need no repentance.

²⁰ And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have ^(A)kept from my youth.”

²¹ Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, ^(B)sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have ^(C)treasure in heaven; and come, ^(D)take up the cross, and follow Me.”

²⁰ The young man said to Him, “All these things I have ^(A)kept ^[a]from my youth. What do I still lack?”

²¹ Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, ^(B)go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²⁹ So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.