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

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

⁹ I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

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

³¹ So ^(A)they come to you as people do, they ^(B)sit before you as My people, and they ^(C)hear your words, but they do not do them; ^(D)for with their mouth they show much love, but ^(E)their hearts pursue their own gain. ³² Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do ^(F)not do them.

^5 (A)having a form of godliness but ^(B)denying its power. And ^(C)from such people turn away!

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.’

²⁹ But he, wanting to ^(A)justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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¹⁴ Moreover ^(A)I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.